IGN: Nintendo Receives Controversial Pokemon Patent – IGN Daily Fix

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Nintendo just scored a patent on the core Pokémon mechanic of summoning a creature to do battle, and IP lawyers are up in arms—calling the U.S. patent system a broken mess that’s handing out protection for the blatantly obvious.

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TL;DR

Nintendo just scored a patent on the core Pokémon mechanic of summoning a creature to do battle, and IP lawyers are up in arms—calling the U.S. patent system a broken mess that’s handing out protection for the blatantly obvious.

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This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Gaming News


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