HUGE 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 fray

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Good. The fact patents exists on game mechanics seriously ruins gaming.

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Software patents in general just slow down human progress. I could say the same about the patent and copyright system in general.

Also capitalism.

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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…

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yeah like the nemesis system from shadow of war/mordor

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