"Bad patents like this cast a massive shadow on the industry."

According to videogame patent lawyer Kirk Sigmon, the USPTO granting Nintendo these latest patents isn’t just a moment of questionable legal theory. It’s an indictment of American patent law.

“Broadly, I don’t disagree with the many online complaints about these Nintendo patents,” said Sigmon, whose opinions do not represent those of his firm and clients. “They have been an embarrassing failure of the US patent system.”

  • JackbyDevEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    I thought this was about the ball throwing to capture monsters

    • SkyezOpen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      3 months ago

      They filed a fuck load of patents. This is one of them.

      Translation: mounts that can walk and fly. Which already exist in God knows how many games.