alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 day agoHUGE blow to Nintendo: head of U.S. patent office takes RARE step to order reexamination of “summon subcharacter and let it fight in 1 of 2 modes” patent – games fraygamesfray.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1244arrow-down12
arrow-up1242arrow-down1external-linkHUGE blow to Nintendo: head of U.S. patent office takes RARE step to order reexamination of “summon subcharacter and let it fight in 1 of 2 modes” patent – games fraygamesfray.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareLazerouselaseras@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up123·1 day agoGood. The fact patents exists on game mechanics seriously ruins gaming.
minus-squarengdev@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·18 hours agoyeah like the nemesis system from shadow of war/mordor
minus-squareDefault Username@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55·edit-21 day agoSoftware patents in general just slow down human progress. I could say the same about the patent and copyright system in general. Also capitalism.
minus-squareBizzle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 day agoDo you mean to tell me that IP law exists only to gatekeep ideas and funnel wealth into an ever-shrinking number of hands? And maybe that the execution of those ideas is more important? You might be on to something…
Good. The fact patents exists on game mechanics seriously ruins gaming.
yeah like the nemesis system from shadow of war/mordor
Software patents in general just slow down human progress. I could say the same about the patent and copyright system in general.
Also capitalism.
Do you mean to tell me that IP law exists only to gatekeep ideas and funnel wealth into an ever-shrinking number of hands? And maybe that the execution of those ideas is more important? You might be on to something…