ImagineAR has suffered a setback in its patent infringement lawsuit against Niantic, with the United States District Court for the District of Delaware ruling that the company's asserted patents are invalid. The court granted Niantic's motion for judgement on the pleadings and denied ImagineAR's motion to amend its complaint. The lawsuit sought damages for infringement of four US patents. ImagineAR CEO Alen Paul Silverrstieen expressed disappointment with the ruling and announced plans to appeal the decision to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Separately, the company announced that Gurdip Panaich has resigned as a director. ImagineAR operates an augmented reality platform that enables businesses to create AR campaigns without programming experience.

Blipbug coming to Pokémon GO during Bug Out event. Starting March 17, Blipbug will make its debut in Niantic's Pokémon GO as part of next month's Bug Out event. From March 17 at 10am to March 23 at 8pm (local time), Galar region Pokémon Blipbug, Dottler, and Orbeetle will make their Pokémon GO debuts as part of Bug Out. Trainers will be able to use 25 Blipbug Candy to evolve Blipbug into Dottler, and 100 Blipbug Candy to evolve Dottler into Orbeetle. Note that during the Bug Out event, different Pokémon attracted to regular Lure Modules. In particular, Paras, Combee, and Cutiefly that are attracted to regular Lure Modules will have an increased chance to be Shiny.