SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge has pressed pause on a group of lawsuits targeting the maker of augmented reality game Pokémon Go with nuisance and trespass claims for placing virtual landmarks on top of real property.
At a hearing Thursday morning, U.S. District Judge James Donato of the Northern District of California asked lawyers representing property owners in New Jersey, Michigan and Florida who sued app maker Niantic Inc. to lay out how their claims could possibly amount to more than $5 million, the threshold needed to invoke federal court jurisdiction.
