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Nintendo secures two more anti-Palworld U.S. patents, might file multi-patent U.S. lawsuit against Pocketpair in a matter of months now – games fray (gamesfray.com)
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[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

That's how it should work, yes, if Nintendo can demonstrate prior art. That's the first-to-invent system.

The US did change to first-to-file some years ago, but from the articles like this coming out, it sounds like they're still granting patents to the first inventor.

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