US Patent Office revokes Nintendo's controversial Pokémon battling patent in nonfinal decision

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BrikoX@lemmy.zip · 16 hours ago

US Patent Office revokes Nintendo's controversial Pokémon battling patent in nonfinal decision

AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net · 6 hours ago

If you’re a weird nerd like me and want to learn about the legal complexities of this case in more depth, GamesFray has done some consistently excellent reporting on it

AeronMelon@lemmy.world · 15 hours ago

Wrong picture of Pikachu.

Sculptus Poe@lemmy.world · edit-2 15 hours ago

Heh. Good. They didn’t come up with the idea of summoning creatures. Unfortunately, one of the patents that conflicts is one of their own, and that patent isn’t under contest I don’t think. I don’t know what it says, but I wonder if it leaves us in the same boat.