picandocodigo@lemmy.worldM to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agoNintendo and the Pokémon Company filing Lawsuit for Infringement of Patent Rights against Pocketpair, Inc. (Palworld)www.nintendo.co.jpexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down10cross-posted to: games@lemmy.worldgames@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up161arrow-down1external-linkNintendo and the Pokémon Company filing Lawsuit for Infringement of Patent Rights against Pocketpair, Inc. (Palworld)www.nintendo.co.jppicandocodigo@lemmy.worldM to Nintendo@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agomessage-square13fedilinkcross-posted to: games@lemmy.worldgames@sh.itjust.works
minus-squarepeopleproblems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down3·21 hours agoPatent rights? You gotta be kidding me. The hell did they patent? Throwing a ball?
minus-squarenonprofitparrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 hours agoAlmost literally. They patented: catching characters in thrown balls calling on characters by throwing a ball using captured characters to fight and harvest resources
minus-squareMatija Šuklje@toot.silinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours ago@nonprofitparrot, if you have the links to the patents at hand, it would be grand if you can share them. @peopleproblems
minus-squareHideakikarate@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·18 hours agoApparently, in their LONG list of patents, is one for the in-game Pokemon Storage Box. Just speculation, of course, but that could be one the Pokemon Company cites.
Patent rights? You gotta be kidding me. The hell did they patent? Throwing a ball?
Almost literally. They patented:
catching characters in thrown balls
calling on characters by throwing a ball
using captured characters to fight and harvest resources
@nonprofitparrot, if you have the links to the patents at hand, it would be grand if you can share them.
@peopleproblems
Apparently, in their LONG list of patents, is one for the in-game Pokemon Storage Box. Just speculation, of course, but that could be one the Pokemon Company cites.
An inventory system, WAOW