inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agoNintendo reportedly gets even more obnoxious about patent law by taking a 'mods aren't real games' stance against a Dark Souls 3 mod that could invalidate its Palworld lawsuitwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up1281
arrow-up1281external-linkNintendo reportedly gets even more obnoxious about patent law by taking a 'mods aren't real games' stance against a Dark Souls 3 mod that could invalidate its Palworld lawsuitwww.pcgamer.cominclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agomessage-square28linkfedilink
minus-squaremarkovs_gun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·18 days agoI honestly think it’s absurd you can be doing something for nearly 30 years (longer than a patent lasts) and then try to get a patent on it retroactively. That seems like a completely insane cheat code for the patent process.
I honestly think it’s absurd you can be doing something for nearly 30 years (longer than a patent lasts) and then try to get a patent on it retroactively. That seems like a completely insane cheat code for the patent process.