The Pokémon Company, partially owned by video gaming giant Nintendo Co, is suing six Chinese companies for copyright infringement and unfair competition behaviour over a mobile game accused of bearing similarities to the Japanese franchise. The six companies are said to have been operating the Chinese game without permission since 2015, according to a stock exchange filing on Thursday (Sept.
Apparently, the app has been operating without permission for seven years. (Photo : Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images) The developers of an app, which was developed by Chinese companies, was being sued by the Pokémon Company for allegedly copying the Japanese franchise without permission.