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Nintendo’s summoning patent: Windows Central, PC Gamer got right what The Verge and a law prof got wrong — and let’s look at a 50-year-old game
Read more: Nintendo’s summoning patent: Windows Central, PC Gamer got right what The Verge and a law prof got wrong — and let’s look at a 50-year-old gameAn article by The Verge spreads falsehoods about Nintendo’s new summoning patent due to insufficient research. Here’s a follow-up that also brings up a 1978 console game.
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Tencent says Sony “utterly fails” to make case against Light of Motiram, wants to monopolize old ideas; court should read Steam comments
Read more: Tencent says Sony “utterly fails” to make case against Light of Motiram, wants to monopolize old ideas; court should read Steam commentsOn Steam. gamers considered Horizon Zero Dawn to bear a strong resemblance to Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, Tencent argues in its motion to dismiss Sony’s U.S. case.
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GROSS: In Palworld patent case, Nintendo tells Japanese judge mods should not count as prior art because they can’t run without underlying games
Read more: GROSS: In Palworld patent case, Nintendo tells Japanese judge mods should not count as prior art because they can’t run without underlying gamesNintendo’s position on mods effectively means that modders would be unprotected against someone looking at their works and taking out patents.
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Last week, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company received a U.S. patent on summoning a character and letting it fight another
Read more: Last week, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company received a U.S. patent on summoning a character and letting it fight anotherNintendo’s patenting strategy is expansive and aggressive.
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HoYoverse’s upcoming Nexus Anima game infringes mounting-of-flying-objects patent Nintendo is asserting against Pocketpair’s Palworld
Read more: HoYoverse’s upcoming Nexus Anima game infringes mounting-of-flying-objects patent Nintendo is asserting against Pocketpair’s PalworldBased on a preview, HoYoverse’s upcoming game Nexus Anima implements a technique Nintendo patented and is asserting against Pocketpair’s Palworld.
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Nintendo resorts to weird patent claims as its litigation against Palworld maker Pocketpair is struggling
Read more: Nintendo resorts to weird patent claims as its litigation against Palworld maker Pocketpair is strugglingIt is not a sign of strength when a company suing over patents makes rather unusual changes to a patent in the middle of litigation.
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1,220 days later, the Federal Trade Commission blessed Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard King: administrative complaint withdrawn
Read more: 1,220 days later, the Federal Trade Commission blessed Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard King: administrative complaint withdrawnContext: On January 18, 2022, Microsoft announced an agreement to acquire Activision Blizzard, also referred to as Activision Blizzard King (ABK; King being the Candy Crush maker). The regulators in many jurisdictions cleared the deal either on the fast track or after an in-depth investigation. In the special case of the UK Competition & Markets…
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Discord’s streaming under patent attack in Europe while Epic fends off another patent holder’s U.S. lawsuit over Travis Scott, Ariana Grande concerts
Read more: Discord’s streaming under patent attack in Europe while Epic fends off another patent holder’s U.S. lawsuit over Travis Scott, Ariana Grande concertsContext: While patent disputes between game makers such as Nintendo’s litigation against Pocketpair over Palworld (May 11, 2025 games fray article) are few and far between, the $200B video game industry is a frequent target of patent assertions by smaller patent holders, often (but not always) non-practicing entities (NPEs). What’s new: We have discovered a…
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- GAME OVER: Sony and Tencent have settled their dispute over Light of Motiram; Judge Corley’s staff has already closed the case
- After 15 years of suing third-party Wii controller maker Bigben (Nacon) over a patent, Nintendo has won a 7 million euro damages judgment — which is now being appealed
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