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The Pokémon Company, partly owned by video game giant Nintendo Co, is suing six Chinese companies for copyright infringement and unfair competition over a mobile game it says shares similarities with the Japanese franchise. The six companies are said to have operated the Chinese game without a license since 2015, according to a stock market report on Thursday (September 1) by Shenzhen-listed Jiangyin Zhongnan Heavy Industries Co, one of the accused. The Pokémon Company, which licenses the Pokémon franchise worldwide, has applied to the Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court to halt development, sales, operations and promotion of the game, the filing...
