They had some asshole payents back in the day, like npc giving quests IIRC and the directional cross.
Sony had the “stand up and say mcdonalds to continue the game” IIRC.
Is this US only? Can’t imagine it would roll in the EU.
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BonerMan@ani.social 2 months ago
Its so fucked up that Nintendo allegedly owns copyright to CONCEPTS hope they loose it.
Valmond@lemmy.world 2 months ago
BonerMan@ani.social 2 months ago
I think its not even US but Nintendo lobbies so massively that they can uphold Japanese copyright Circus in other countries.
In all sane countries its not possible to parent or copyright a idea or concept just a processes of doing something.
Carighan@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Someone owned a patent for minigames on the loading screen which is why we did not get thise after Broken Sword. At least that expired, so now for example we got Mario Party Jamboree doing it again.
Mirodir@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
It’s not copyright, it’s patents…
(I do also hope that they lose because ingame mechanics being patented is bullshit)