@nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish • 9 hours agoSega files patent infringement lawsuit against Memento Mori developer over in-game mechanics, seeking 1 billion yen in damagesautomaton-media.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down11
arrow-up162arrow-down1external-linkSega files patent infringement lawsuit against Memento Mori developer over in-game mechanics, seeking 1 billion yen in damagesautomaton-media.com@nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish • 9 hours agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareInEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish58•9 hours agoGameplay patents are bullshit.
minus-squaretoiletobserverlinkfedilinkEnglish33•8 hours agoAll Gameplay patents are bullshit. Artificial barriers to entry that only restrict market forces in favor of screwing end consumers.
minus-squaremetaStaticlinkfedilink10•5 hours agothere can be a very good case made for putting private innovation into the public realm after a period of legal protections, (typically 20 years for most places) but anything that is public by it’s very nature should never be subject to patents
Gameplay patents are bullshit.
All
Gameplaypatents are bullshit. Artificial barriers to entry that only restrict market forces in favor of screwing end consumers.there can be a very good case made for putting private innovation into the public realm after a period of legal protections, (typically 20 years for most places)
but anything that is public by it’s very nature should never be subject to patents
And also not legal