laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 26 天前So much for the lawsuitlemmy.worldimagemessage-square119linkfedilinkarrow-up1728arrow-down114
arrow-up1714arrow-down1imageSo much for the lawsuitlemmy.worldlaurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 26 天前message-square119linkfedilink
minus-squareMrQuallzin@pie.eyeofthestorm.placelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·26 天前Wasn’t IP infringement, but patent. That was one of the big things pointed out when this all started, if there had been any IP theft they would have led with that.
minus-squarejdr@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·26 天前My brother in law, what is a patent if not intellectual property?
minus-squarePsionicsickness@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·26 天前They sued over the game mechanic, not pikachu.
minus-squareericwdhs@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·26 天前Right. Nintendo claimed that game mechanic is their intellectual property. That’s what a patent is.
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·26 天前Don’t patents expire after 20 years? And isn’t Pokemon’s ball-capturing game mechanic well over 20 years old? I seem to remember it existing prior to 2006.
Wasn’t IP infringement, but patent. That was one of the big things pointed out when this all started, if there had been any IP theft they would have led with that.
My brother in law, what is a patent if not intellectual property?
They sued over the game mechanic, not pikachu.
Right. Nintendo claimed that game mechanic is their intellectual property. That’s what a patent is.
Don’t patents expire after 20 years?
And isn’t Pokemon’s ball-capturing game mechanic well over 20 years old? I seem to remember it existing prior to 2006.