• parpol@programming.dev
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    2 months ago

    It is probably something stupid like Nintendo having a patent for “pocket” in names, since Pokemon is “pocket monsters”

    Patents in videogames should be banned.

      • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        That’s genuinely not as simple as you think it is. You realize there was a time before modern patent law, yes?

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      2 months ago

      I agree, but I think all intellectual property laws should be repealed. I came to the conclusion that patent, copyright, and trademark are all varying levels of bad years ago and I think it clearly holds the human race and human progress back by limiting creative iteration.