@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 7 hours agoSega files patent infringement lawsuit against Memento Mori developer over in-game mechanics, seeking 1 billion yen in damagesautomaton-media.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down11
arrow-up150arrow-down1external-linkSega files patent infringement lawsuit against Memento Mori developer over in-game mechanics, seeking 1 billion yen in damagesautomaton-media.com@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 7 hours agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squaretoiletobserverlinkEnglish28•7 hours agoAll Gameplay patents are bullshit. Artificial barriers to entry that only restrict market forces in favor of screwing end consumers.
minus-squaremetaStaticlinkfedilink7•3 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.
And also not legal
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