'An embarrassing failure of the US patent system': Videogame IP lawyer says Nintendo's latest patents on Pokémon mechanics 'should not have happened, full stop' pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/…

Sep 10, 2025 · 10:51 PM UTC

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You ask me it was approved by a body that clearly has no knowledge of video games or their history. If they did they would know Nintendo cannot patent summoning. This company and its litigious leaders need to be slapped back down and denied any further patents.
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Probably not a good time to news this.
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they just patented Pokemon ZA gameplay, they won't be suing Final Fantasy for using summons, y'all are so dramatic
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Someone needs to sue the patent office.
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Cry about it, losers