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It seems Japan's Patent Office is getting tired of Nintendo's ongoing patent infringement lawsuit against Palworld as both the Office and Nintendo spar over a particular, related patent application whose rejection is now under review.

Patent Publication No. 2026-077713 describes Pokemon's typical "in-game monster-capturing system," according to Automaton , which also points out that even Japanese patent law professionals are surprised how the Patent Office and Nintendo are sparring over how "inventive" it is to huck a Pokeball, using language "rarely seen in standard patent practice," according to attorney Kiyoshi Kurihara.

The Office was apparently unimpressed by the fact that "selecting a Poke Ball displayed at the bottom right of the screen causes Ash to throw it; if it hits Pikachu, Pikachu can be captured," but it expressed this while citing a gameplay video from 13 years ago, of the unofficial indie game Pokemon: Generations. The video now has new comments reading, "This game defeated Nintendo in court," and, "You saved Palworld."

But it's not that simple! Nintendo fired back at the Patent Office in a counterargument, telling the Office it "acted extremely inappropriately" by citing a copyright-infringing game like Pokemon: Generations in its rejection of its ball-throwing patent.

The Patent Office then came back with a tommy gun, saying "this argument has no bearing on determining inventive step," but if Nintendo really wanted to talk about copyright infringement, "accuracy should take precedence."

"In that case," it continues, "the notice would need to use cumbersome descriptions such as 'an object in the form of a small animal' instead of Pokemon, 'an object in the form of a boy wearing a red cap' instead of Ash, 'an object in the form of a small yellow animal' instead of Pikachu, 'an object in the form of a small green animal' instead of Bulbasaur, and 'a spherical object with a red upper half and a white lower half' instead of Poke Ball."

"However," continues the Patent Office, "even with such rephrasing, the logical structure of the grounds for refusal remains unchanged."

Ouch – but Nintendo has a band-aid, and it seemingly successfully filed a petition against the rejection. The Patent Office's website now categorizes Patent Publication No. 2026-077713 as having its "rejection decision under review." This patent isn't the one at the center of Pokemon's legal battle against Palworld, but it does belong to the same patent family, and its approval certainly wouldn't help Palworld.

Japanese patent law expert says Nintendo may have strengthened its claims specifically to target Palworld.

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Google Meet will automatically organize notes, transcripts, and recordings in a new Google Meet folder in Drive.

Each meeting gets its own subfolder, while recurring meetings will keep all instances together.

Attendees with access will also see shortcuts, with the rollout starting today.

Yesterday, we saw that Google Meet is making it easier to find the files associated with your calls on its redesigned web homepage . Google is now tackling the same problem on the Drive side, with meeting notes, transcripts, and recordings set to be organized automatically rather than left loose in the host’s storage.

According to a new Google Workspace update , these files will be uploaded to a new Google Meet folder in the host’s My Drive after each meeting. Inside that folder, Google will create separate subfolders for individual meetings, while different instances of the same recurring meeting will be grouped together.

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Faraday Future continues to struggle for survival as shares plummet.

In order to stay listed, they’re doing a 1-for-150 reverse stock split.

Company is now focused on robots, but hasn’t given up on vehicles.

Faraday Future doesn’t seem to know what they are anymore as they’ve pivoted from an ultra-luxury EV to a minivan no one seemingly wanted. The company eventually hit pause on the latter model and decided to embrace robots.

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Their aimless and seemingly random nature hasn’t thrilled investors, and their stock is down a staggering 92% year-to-date. It’s trading at just eight cents as of this writing and that’s slightly above the 52 week low of $0.066, but it puts them in danger of being delisted.

More: After Failing At Cars, Faraday Is Now Focused On Robots

In an effort to remain on the Nasdaq, the “global Embodied AI ecosystem company” has announced a 1-for-150 reverse stock split. It will occur on July 24 and the move means that for every 150 shares owned, investors will get one ‘new’ share. The split will reduce the number of shares from 384,527,828 to around 2,563,519.

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More importantly, it will boost the share price to around $12. This will bring it in compliance with Nasdaq’s minimum of $1 . Of course, the company’s numerous problems remain and there’s little doubt the stock price will continue falling after the split.

Despite the grim news, Faraday Future painted this as a positive development that will establish a “sustainable compliance buffer” and “enhance the attractiveness of the company’s common stock to investors.” As the firm noted, institutional investors, professional funds, and some trading platforms avoid low‑priced securities such as penny stocks.

The company didn’t have much else to say, but noted cumulative sales, shipments, and deliveries of robots has surpassed 250 units. This appears to be Faraday’s main focus these days, but the company did announce a patent for a hybrid transmission system in June. At the time, they said it was “expected to be incorporated into the broader AIHER [AI Hybrid Extended-Range] system under development for future generations of FX models.”

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