Nintendo alleges Pocketpair infringed on three of its patents.
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Game design patents are fucking stupid

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Any technically not allowed. Not that that’ll stop them.

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Can you explain? I wish this was true but I don’t believe it

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What he might be referring to is that you can’t patent code, at least in the US. But, the lawsuit is in Japan, so who tf knows.

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But code subject to copyright (which I agree with the concept of but it needs a reform). While concepts and ideas in computer programs and games can be patented (which I think is tremendously stupid)

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