I just keep the installers on my NAS, together with whatever dlc installers, patches and mods I deem necessary. With the current prices of 12-18tb hdd drives it doesn’t cost much to keep em there.

polygon briefly mentions what the patents are about
https://www.polygon.com/news/476177/palworld-developer-nintendo-pokemon-lawsuit

The update seems to be about https://www.pocketpair.jp/news/20241108

Professionally on a non-recurring issue - absolutely.
With my stuff at home? Only if the wife suffers from the downtime.