The Chinese developer who played the 'Pokemon Reinforcement', was accused of copyright infringement.

The Pokémon Company, which has Pokémon IP, sued six Chinese companies related to the Chinese mobile game Pokemon Remake to local courts for copyright violations of Pokemon.

The Jungnan Hong Culture Group, which was listed on the Shenzhen Securities Exchange, announced on the 1st that it was accused of copyright infringement from Pokemon Company. According to this, Pokemon Company claimed that the Pokémon Remake (local name 袋 袋 复 复 复 复 复 复 复 复--) infringed the copyright of Pokémon and claimed to be a fraudulent competition.

The game has featured representative Pokemon such as Pikachu, Turtle King, and Lizamong, from the game icon to the screenshot, and has been acting as a formal game with its name. However, this sue revealed that illegal game games were revealed.

Pokemon Company has filed a defendant for damages of 500 million yuan (98 billion won) and stops developing, service, operation, and promotion of games in question. He also called for public apology from major local websites such as Tencent, Netize, and Sina.com.

Pokémon remake was launched locally in 2015. According to the 2016 financial report of Jungnan Hong Culture Group, the company recorded more than 300 million yuan (about 58.9 billion won) in one year, and monthly sales were more than 30 million yuan (about 5.9 billion won).

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