Nintendo has no fucking shame.
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.
No way that holds up when challenged. Gacha games alone prove existing work.
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.
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 system if people are just going to be allowed to patent general ideas and vague concepts. How about I got patent my idea of a gun game. See you in court every game with guns.
Alright, that was unexpected. To be honest it doesn‘t even make sense. I’m assuming they‘ll lose that patent in trial as quickly as they got it then. How ridiculous.
I think this patent was given in the US
That’s nothing. My parent covers thinking of already long established ideas, then claiming them as your own. If you do that, I’ve got you.
Apple are doomed.
This happens a lot. Its where yoga came from.
I’m pretty sure SMT has prior art.
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.
Insane. I summoned shit in video games 40y ago. Fuck you.
Nintendo suing Cloud for summoning Bahamut next
Original source:
I hate to be nitpicky, but try to link the original, and post where you found it (GameRant) in the description instead.
What’s interesting is they file this in the US.
Is there a reason they don’t file patents in Japan instead?
Pretty sure there’s prior art on that now.
The article seems to touch on this saying patent offices struggle to find prior art since they look at previous patent documentation, not previous games.
