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Here are the patents Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are suing Palworld over (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 month ago by Agent_Karyo to c/games
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[–] [email protected] 75 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Game design patents are fucking stupid

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Any technically not allowed. Not that that'll stop them.

[–] ziggurat 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Can you explain? I wish this was true but I don't believe it

[–] theRealBassist 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What he might be referring to is that you can't patent code, at least in the US. But, the lawsuit is in Japan, so who tf knows.

[–] ziggurat 3 points 1 month ago

But code subject to copyright (which I agree with the concept of but it needs a reform). While concepts and ideas in computer programs and games can be patented (which I think is tremendously stupid)