alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days agoHUGE blow to Nintendo: head of U.S. patent office takes RARE step to order reexamination of “summon subcharacter and let it fight in 1 of 2 modes” patent – games fraygamesfray.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1234arrow-down13
arrow-up1231arrow-down1external-linkHUGE blow to Nintendo: head of U.S. patent office takes RARE step to order reexamination of “summon subcharacter and let it fight in 1 of 2 modes” patent – games fraygamesfray.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareDefault Username@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54·edit-22 days agoSoftware patents in general just slow down human progress. I could say the same about the patent and copyright system in general. Also capitalism.
minus-squareBizzle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·2 days agoDo you mean to tell me that IP law exists only to gatekeep ideas and funnel wealth into an ever-shrinking number of hands? And maybe that the execution of those ideas is more important? You might be on to something…
Software patents in general just slow down human progress. I could say the same about the patent and copyright system in general.
Also capitalism.
Do you mean to tell me that IP law exists only to gatekeep ideas and funnel wealth into an ever-shrinking number of hands? And maybe that the execution of those ideas is more important? You might be on to something…