Agent Karyo@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoHere are the patents Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are suing Palworld overwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down14
arrow-up1120arrow-down1external-linkHere are the patents Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are suing Palworld overwww.theverge.comAgent Karyo@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squareziggurat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 days agoCan you explain? I wish this was true but I don’t believe it
minus-squaretheRealBassist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·6 days agoWhat he might be referring to is that you can’t patent code, at least in the US. But, the lawsuit is in Japan, so who tf knows.
minus-squareziggurat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoBut code subject to copyright (which I agree with the concept of but it needs a reform). While concepts and ideas in computer programs and games can be patented (which I think is tremendously stupid)
Can you explain? I wish this was true but I don’t believe it
What he might be referring to is that you can’t patent code, at least in the US. But, the lawsuit is in Japan, so who tf knows.
But code subject to copyright (which I agree with the concept of but it needs a reform). While concepts and ideas in computer programs and games can be patented (which I think is tremendously stupid)