Nintendo And The Pokémon Company Snag Patent To Lock Down Sub-Character Summoning For Battle

Nintendo And The Pokémon Company Snag Patent To Lock Down Sub-Character Summoning For Battle

Nintendo have drawn more ire by seizing yet another gameplay patent. Accused of using patents to quash the competition in “lawfare” — such as the ongoing case against Pocketpair and Palworld over infringing on patents for Pokémon — Nintendo now seemingly own the patent for being able to summon a character to fight for you in a video game. Nintendo and The Pokémon Company US Patent No. 12403397 B2, showing a video game character summoning a sub c…

Video Game Patents Are Often "Used In Bad Faith," Says Dev

Last year, Nintendo filed a lawsuit against Palworld developer Pocketpair in Japanese court alleging infringement on the company's patents. The initial battle was over relatively minor aspects of Palworld that were similar to Pokemon. More recently, Nintendo was granted a potentially game-changing patent that “covers the fundamental gameplay mechanic of summoning a character and letting it fight another” in a video game. Now, one of the devs beh…

D&D: Five Spells That Fly in the Face of Nintendo's New Patent

Nintendo has a patent on summoning creatures to fight for you. So whatever you do, don’t cast these spells unless you want to get sued. If you’ve been following the news of Nintendo’s latest patent escapades, you know that there is some serious chicanery afoot. A new patent, recently granted to Nintendo gives the company […] D&D: Five Spells That Fly in the Face of Nintendo’s New Patent first appeared on Bell of Lost Souls