Lawyers Say Pokemon Go Threatens Public Safety

Alabama lawyer Keith Lee asks whether placing a Pokemon character on private property affects the owner’s interest in exclusive possession of the property. He wonders whether owning property extends property rights to intellectual property elements that are placed on it. Michigan lawyer Brian Wassom raises other legal issues in a post for the Hollywood Reporter’s THR, Esq. blog. He wonders if such games can lead to competition for the use of physical spaces, possibly leading to violence.