Agent Karyo@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoHere are the patents Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are suing Palworld overwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1134arrow-down15
arrow-up1129arrow-down1external-linkHere are the patents Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are suing Palworld overwww.theverge.comAgent Karyo@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareziggurat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoCan you explain? I wish this was true but I don’t believe it
minus-squaretheRealBassist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 months 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-up2·2 months 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)