Comment on Nintendo now has a US patent on summoning characters and making them battle for you | VGC
Smoke@beehaw.org 1 month agoIt sounds incredibly vulnerable to this exact argument. Patents aren’t valid if it’s been invented already.
Comment on Nintendo now has a US patent on summoning characters and making them battle for you | VGC
Smoke@beehaw.org 1 month agoIt sounds incredibly vulnerable to this exact argument. Patents aren’t valid if it’s been invented already.
ranandtoldthat@beehaw.org 1 month ago
The problem is lawyers. Nintendo has billions to spend on them.
Smoke@beehaw.org 1 month ago
Even lawyers can’t get you out of trying to patent something that was clearly already in the market. Previously, Nintendo’s patent lawsuits had been for highly specific mechanics such as throwing a ball to capture npc animals.