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Copyright is already cooked, no matter where it's located. But the way japan acts as if Pokemon invented JRPG battles is simply ridiculous.
Am I missing some bit of context? Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy still exist (and came first).
That's what I meant with "prior art". Nintendo's second patent basically explains how any old JRPG worked.