I think this is the patent IBM is suing over
Seems to be about pre-loading ads to a user's device. As with most software patents, it sounds like the vaguest possible wording that covers about a million things
this post was submitted on 17 Sep 2024
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Invalidate and permanently remove the capability to patent software.
It's exclusively idiotic bullshit like this.
TIL that Zynga still exists.
They are still a pretty big deal.
Take-Two Interactive announced in January 2022 its intent to buy Zynga for $12.7 billion. The deal was completed in May 2022.
According to Take-Two Interactive, about 10% of the world's population plays Zynga's games every month.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zynga
For context, that buyout value is $4.5 billion more than Microsoft paid for ZeniMax Media.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_video_game_mergers_and_acquisitions
IBM has won its 2022 patent infringement lawsuit against Zynga.
Other games accused of infringing IBM's copyright include
Copyright infringement and patent infringement are two different things. I'm assuming that this is actually a patent infringement case.