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Here are the patents Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are suing Palworld over (www.theverge.com)
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[–] theRealBassist@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] ziggurat@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

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)