Comment on Nintendo now has a US patent on summoning characters and making them battle for you | VGC
Smoke@beehaw.org 1 week 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 week agoIt sounds incredibly vulnerable to this exact argument. Patents aren’t valid if it’s been invented already.
ranandtoldthat@beehaw.org 1 week ago
The problem is lawyers. Nintendo has billions to spend on them.
Smoke@beehaw.org 1 week 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.