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Comment on Uh Oh: Nintendo Just Landed A ‘Summoning’ And ‘Battling’ Patent

very_well_lost@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Shouldn’t it be trivially easy to demonstrate “prior art” in this case, making the patent invalid? I guess that requires someone to get into a legal battle with Nintendo… but it’s not like this is some niche mechanic. Surely there are other entertainment megacorps who are currently in violation of this “patent” and do have the resources to fight it in court.

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moody@lemmings.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Patent laws in Japan don’t work the same way as they do in most of the world. And they can only enforce their patent on companies operating in Japan.

The whole Palworld situation was based on patents that Nintendo only applied for after Palworld was already released.

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- beetus@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  This patent was granted in the US.
  
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MrGabr@ttrpg.network ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
In the US, yes. In Japan, it would appear such a concept does not exist.

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- zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  They were granted the patent in the US in this case.
  
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  - MrGabr@ttrpg.network ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Indeed. The sources I’ve read seem to lay blame with games not usually patenting mechanics (which apparently is all patent officers look at for prior art, not other games), meaning it needs active challenging to be thrown out.
    
    PocketPair is based in Japan, which is where the previous, more directly problematic patents have been filed mid-litigation. While there is clearly prior art for the US patent, it isn’t quite as comically broad as the Japan ones, and since Japan doesn’t seem to care about prior art, those remain the most concerning to me.
    
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    Arcka@midwest.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    The patent office has long said they’re unable to attract and retain the expertise needed to evaluate novelty in any given field, and so the courts are left to sort it out.
    
    I wonder how could a government agency not have the funding it needs? /s
    
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Battle_Masker@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
My first instinct is Activision. They got Hearthstone, World of Warcraft, Skylanders, and to a lesser extent Sekiro

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- very_well_lost@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Yeah, Activision was my first thought as well.
  
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Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
They’ll ask Nintendo for use and they’ll pay for it

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