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[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 85 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I am positive prior art could be claimed for most if not all of those. Square Enix could cry afoul of the "mounting creatures" one as well as I'm sure many, many other earlier games on a plethora of platforms.

You could mount and ride Chocobos in Final Fantasy 2, i.e. the real "2," the JDM only one on Famicom, which was released in 1988. The aforementioned patent was only filed on Nintendo's part in 2024.

They can, to use a technical legal term, get fucked.

[-] pennomi@lemmy.world 46 points 1 day ago

Yes but it’s fucking expensive to invalidate a patent. Possibly in the millions of dollars. That’s how patent trolls succeed - it’s far cheaper to own a bad patent than to fight one.

[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 1 day ago

Well it's a good thing Palworld was a huge sales success.

[-] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 28 points 23 hours ago

And now more free advertising from the streisand effect

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