inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoNintendo reportedly gets even more obnoxious about patent law by taking a 'mods aren't real games' stance against a Dark Souls 3 mod that could invalidate its Palworld lawsuitwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1365arrow-down13
arrow-up1362arrow-down1external-linkNintendo reportedly gets even more obnoxious about patent law by taking a 'mods aren't real games' stance against a Dark Souls 3 mod that could invalidate its Palworld lawsuitwww.pcgamer.cominclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squaremarkovs_gun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 day agoI honestly think it’s absurd you can be doing something for nearly 30 years (longer than a patent lasts) and then try to get a patent on it retroactively. That seems like a completely insane cheat code for the patent process.
I honestly think it’s absurd you can be doing something for nearly 30 years (longer than a patent lasts) and then try to get a patent on it retroactively. That seems like a completely insane cheat code for the patent process.