Give them enough rope, and they’ll try to patent opening a menu or pausing the game…
Comment on Uh Oh: Nintendo Just Landed A ‘Summoning’ And ‘Battling’ Patent
MyDarkestTimeline01@lemmynsfw.com 6 hours agoLike the other guy said it’s a patient. I don’t know why these days it seems like the patent office is allowing patents for vague concepts, But it needs to stop. The entirety of the video game industry is built on itineration of ideas and concepts that came before. How much longer before they try to patent jumping?
over_clox@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
I thought you had to prove it was unique concept before patenting something, anyway. These have obvious examples from other places