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The US Patent Office have rejected a Nintendo Pokemon patent for summoning subcharacters

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨GamingBot@lemmy.zip [bot]⁩ to ⁨gaming@lemmy.zip⁩

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/the-us-patent-office-have-rejected-a-nintendo-pokemon-patent-for-summoning-subcharacters/

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  • ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    So many software patents are nuts. The idea of owning rights to a specific game mechanic is just as bad. Abstracted to the Nth degree you could read this request as char A told char B to do a thing and they comply. That’s hardly a unique enough thing to merit any kind of legal protection.

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  • hzl@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Their patent on summoning domcharacters still stands.

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