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Here are the patents Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are suing Palworld over (www.theverge.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 75 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Game design patents are fucking stupid

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

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks 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)