>>56884377Actually anon, I copied that from someone else, who copied it from the article because it was the only section of that drivel that actually had something of note about the situation back when we didn't actually know what patents were being used yet
Y'know, there being an official program, which most people didn't know about at the time, that Nintendo also made use of, that allows for a patents registration process to be accelerated. You didn't exactly disprove anything I pointed out there, nor that Nintendo's use of it in this case wasn't bullshit
I saw no reason to rewrite it because it was already a perfectly succinct paragraph for my usage
>it's because the original patent had multiple ideasYes, and that's the problem. You technically want patents to cover a specific idea/design at a time, if it can be read to covers a variety instead that that actively weakens its enforceability. From a legal standpoint the harder it is to argue you're not infringing on a patent to the word the stronger the case, whereas if it's the opposite it could instead bet thrown out. I.e. Nintendo making the child patents instead of just using the pre-existing one, which literally would've saved them money, because they're a fucking safer bet
>assume it had anything to do with PalworldYes Anon, it didn't have to be made specifically with Palworld in mind. In fact I'd straight up agree with you that it likely wasn't. What it was made to be instead was likely as a safety net/emergency measure they could pull out in the case they ever needed it, exactly like they've done with Palworld here.
Again, this is a thing that companies do. It's not new, it's a fairly basic litigation tactic.
They're likely doing this less because of Palworld & more as a way to indirectly try and fuck Sony up, or at least spit in their eye for past offences after noticing Sony's trying to get a slice of that pokemon themed pie again after Nintendo originally btfo'd them back in the day over Gamefreak
