Lawsuit filed to make Pokémon Go away

Auschwitz, the former Nazi concentration camp, has banned the game (Getty)
Auschwitz, the former Nazi concentration camp, has banned the game (Getty)

The makers of Pokémon Go have been slapped with a lawsuit over players trespassing on private property.

A New Jersey man claims strangers have been lingering on his front lawn and knocking on his door since the launch of the game a month ago.

Jeffrey Marder is seeking class action status for his case against Niantic Games, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company, for others who've had pokéstops and gyms placed on their private property.

The suit claims the companies of showing "a flagrant disregard for the foreseeable consequences of populating the real world with virtual Pokémon without seeking the permission of property owners".

The US Holocaust Museum has asked players to stay away from the "hallowed grounds", and Japanese authorities have asked the game's makers to keep Pokémon out of Hiroshima's Atomic Bomb Dome and Fukushima's radioactive nuclear plant.

Auschwitz, the former Nazi concentration camp, has also banned the game.

Niantic Games hasn't responded publicly to the requests nor the lawsuit, but in a recent update to the game added a warning to players to use "common sense", obey local laws, don't trespass on private property and stay out of traffic.

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