US-Patentamt widerruft Nintendos Patent auf die Beschwörung von Charakteren, um sie zum Kämpfen zu bringen | VGC

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    1. I’m guessing this was a case of incompetence owed to government brain drain letting it go through in the first place

    2. Expensive_Shallot_78 on

      I’m for anything against patents, especially when its Nintendo 🫡

    3. Oh hell yeah. I hope this sticks, as I see it’s currently non-final. 🤞

    4. I read the article. It rejected because of other similair patents. Its not getting any better. This mechanic has been around for decades now way in hell should ANY of them patents be valid.

    5. Shouldn’t have stepped that way to begin with if you were just gonna do the hokey pokey, gov.

    6. MisterBicorniclopse on

      Can I patent the concept of eating in a game? Since I doubt anyone’s thought of it before

    7. Daily reminder that all of these „crazy Nintendo patents“ are actually incredibly specific and narrow when you look at what they actually say instead of relying on simplified headlines. This patent only applied for the specific Pokemon Legends system of being and to send the ‚mons off to battle stuff on their own, with the option to step in and take over mid-combat.

      Still probably good that it got struck down, but this was never realistically going to threaten any pre-existing monster catching franchise.

    8. Good. Maybe they should go back to being a company that puts effort into games instead of being a lawyer company that occasionally makes games and sues smaller people who are better.

    9. DISCONNECTlE on

      ………….. the US government has done something I….. AGREE WITH??? There must be an error….

    10. So Nintendo got their patent claim shut down because it conflicted with THEIR OWN PATENTS!? That is so classic Nintendo. It’s amazing they make such good games and so much money with their heads up their asses half the time.

    11. Wouldn’t the Japanese patents be more important since they are both Japanese companies? 

    12. NodeZeroNein on

      If „no one would combine these patents in real life“ is grounds for appeal, would someone doing that for the sake of it actually undermine Nintendo’s case, or is there a clause for bloodymindedness?

    13. So can we get the summoning mechanic of throwing a ball out back into Palworld? I miss it. The pal just appearing next to you isn’t as fun as throwing it into combat.

    14. lol they are like 20-30 years too late for that patent, it’s been done so many times

    15. We’re lucky that Nintendo was stupid and waited several decades before trying to pull this nonsense.

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