Wtf is with all these patents being granted literally decades after the original concept was implement and if patented then (despite the generic unpatttenable concept) would have already excited by now?
Amid Palworld Lawsuit, Nintendo Patents a System for Summoning a Character
Submitted 23 hours ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
https://gamerant.com/nintendo-palworld-lawsuit-character-summoning-battle-new-patent/
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Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 3 hours ago
Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works 23 hours ago
Nintendo has no fucking shame.
Cris16228@lemmy.today 23 hours ago
The real problem is people supporting them…
Cocopanda@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
I haven’t given Nintendo a dollar in 30 years now. Not since my last N64 game purchase.
mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.org 4 hours ago
Yeah but at the same time does people are already tech braindead. Maybe the people that has to go against them it’s not the tech brain dead but the people that care about tech ethics
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 23 hours ago
They haven’t gotten a cent of my money since probably the 3DS, but then again I bought my LL used.
zrst@lemmy.cif.su 6 hours ago
Copyright and patent laws need to die.
Samuelwankenobi@sh.itjust.works 3 hours ago
I wouldn’t say it needs to die but it does need changing quite a bit
thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 21 hours ago
All good, I’m currently lodging a patent on lodging patents for a system for summoning a character.
See you in court, Nintendo!
P.S.: I’m also lodging a patent for a system of pirating every single game on a Nintendo platform (past, present and future), however I will be opening that one up to the public once granted.
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 hours ago
No way that holds up when challenged. Gacha games alone prove existing work.
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
I believe existing work doesn‘t matter much in Japanese patent law for some reason. You either have patented it or you haven‘t. That‘s what we‘ve been seeing with this lawsuit again and again. Honestly, Pocketpal should consider moving to Singapore or something to avoid this bullshit.
echodot@feddit.uk 15 hours ago
This is US law
On September 2, the Japanese gaming giant was issued a U.S. patent that covers a somewhat broad implementation of a system for summoning characters into battle. Identified by patent number 12,403,397
Absolutely ridiculous this was even granted. What is the point in the painting system if people are just going to be allowed to paint and general ideas and concepts. How about I got patent my idea of a gun game. See you in court every game with guns.
Dagnet@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
I think this patent was given in the US
SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
Nintendo suing Cloud for summoning Bahamut next
mesamunefire@piefed.social 21 hours ago
Welp there goes Coromon, Palworld, and a WHOLE lot of indies. Plus wasnt digimon the first not Nintendo?
neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 hours ago
I think shen megami tensi didn’t before them. Dragon quest might have, but I’m not sure about that one.
trslim@pawb.social 12 hours ago
Digital Debil Story Megami Tensei 1989 beats Pokemon, so Atlus should 100% sue Nintendo to give them a taste of their own medicine.
taiyang@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Can confirm, DQ5 (1992) had monster catching. Not sure if I’d call it summoning, but Pokemon took clear inspiration from that game in particular.
echodot@feddit.uk 15 hours ago
That’s nothing. My parent covers thinking of already established long ideas, then claiming them as your own. If you do that, I’ve got you.
Apple are doomed.
Squizzy@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
This happens a lot. Its where yoga came from.
Rooty@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
I’m pretty sure SMT has prior art.
douglasg14b@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Yeah but how many devs and studios can take Nintendo to court to prove that and win?
Most cannot afford to play in our legal system, so Nintendo wins here.
W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 14 hours ago
Does anyone have a patent on making animals fight each other?
How is Pokémon still a thing anyway? Imaginary dogfighting is still fucked up.
FuckFascism@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Imaginary murder is also fucked up, but shooter games are still pretty fun. Should we ban all non-educational books and media that portay violence? Cartoon violence nonetheless…
W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 13 hours ago
You’re not wrong.
But something just feels more wrong about Dog Fighting Simulator 2025 to me.
Lemminary@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Classic Lemmy moment. There’s no need to take fiction seriously as if carries onto real life. Let people enjoy things.
W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
Yeah I wasn’t being serious but based on the downvotes I don’t think Lemmy got that.
My intent was actually to fuck over Nintendo with a patent about making your pets fight each other the way they keep gobbling up patents for shit that already exists.
griD@feddit.org 3 hours ago
Insane. I summoned shit in video games 40y ago. Fuck you.