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[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (22 children)

For reference, the allegedly infringing patents are these:

[–] [email protected] 113 points 1 week ago (2 children)

How do these not apply to the majority of games, these sound so insanely broad. Patents are so stupid.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Sony has a patent for an input device having two data streams at once

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago

usb has more i think.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They only apply to games from Japan. This is the Japanese patent system.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But why in english if it's (seemingly) domestic only.
Are they mandated to submit in English?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

The posted text could be translation. Kinda reads like it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

How many Japanese games are there? Nintendo better pick up the pace.

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