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Nintendo filed a lawsuit against Pocketpair, Inc. (www.nintendo.co.jp)
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[-] [email protected] 88 points 9 months ago

We should play a game of guessing which patent(s) they're gonna try to nail Palworld for infringement with.

[-] [email protected] 97 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Half of those patents read like if they use vague enough language they can justify patenting how computers work.

[-] [email protected] 72 points 9 months ago

Welcome to Software Patents 101.

[-] [email protected] 42 points 9 months ago

How can they let companies file such broad, vague patents for mechanics that have existed since forever? For example, 20240286040, is just what flying mounts have done in WoW since 2007 or even the flying cap in Mario 64 ffs. There are probably other earlier examples, but it goes to show that it's just noise to monopolize innovation and scare other devs.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Long story short, the claims get much longer and restrictive through the application process. The example you asked about is currently undergoing a non-final rejection, and the claims will get much more restrictive in further iterations (assuming that the application has actual merit somewhere in the original dependent claims)

You can check the application history here: Global Dossier

[-] [email protected] 36 points 9 months ago

My guess is the "Pokemon Box Storage" system since palworld stores pals in a palbox.

[-] [email protected] 57 points 9 months ago

Nintendo patents video game inventory system.

Not the onion.

(Not a patent lawyer, and I'm sure it's more complicated than that, but come on)

[-] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Is that the wrong link? This seems totally unrelated to Pokemon in boxes, and is more about multi console character storage systems. This patent just sounds like someone described steam cloud saves in way too many big words.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

In the "other references" they link to the bulbapedia article for Pokemon box so I figured thats what the whole thing was about, but yeah it does read like accessing data on a server

[-] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago

These can't be real, they read like they were generated by an AI prompt.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Well, it makes me think that AI training was probably biased towards legal drivel like this, since it's public facing, professional and likely even translated in multiple languages.

The student got so good that people think the teacher is imitating it.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Those are just abstract if I'm not mistaken. There should be more detailed specifications.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Since this was filed in Japan, it would have to be patents Nintendo own in Japan that are infringed and those don't necessarily perfectly match those in the US

[-] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I'm sorry who in their right mind signed off on this patent

NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN GAME PROGRAM, GAME SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

Thats literally any online game server

[-] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I think that's setting the context for the claims they make, not a claim in itself.

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