Japanese developer Pocket Pair has released a new update for Palworld that effectively removes the Pal Spheres from the game. The new v0.3.11 update for the game has removed the ability to summon Pals…
Strange that you can patent a game mechanic in software. What’s next, the superhero landing? The vpose with a bent leg? Running a certain way with a gun between waypoints?
A different branch on IP law but for decades Marvel and DC had a shared trademark on “Super Hero”.
If either felt they could argue it was a unique trade identifier they would have claimed it exclusively but instead they claimed shared ownership and used it to lock out competition in the space from 1979 to 2024.
We are still suffering the effects of bad software patents. Tons of garbage patents were granted in the form of “common everyday thing, but on a computer.” A notable one was the digital shopping cart that was eventually invalidated.
Strange that you can patent a game mechanic in software. What’s next, the superhero landing? The vpose with a bent leg? Running a certain way with a gun between waypoints?
I am copyrighting the T pose for player characters and will sue everybody who ever shows it.
A different branch on IP law but for decades Marvel and DC had a shared trademark on “Super Hero”.
If either felt they could argue it was a unique trade identifier they would have claimed it exclusively but instead they claimed shared ownership and used it to lock out competition in the space from 1979 to 2024.
We are still suffering the effects of bad software patents. Tons of garbage patents were granted in the form of “common everyday thing, but on a computer.” A notable one was the digital shopping cart that was eventually invalidated.
There are no good software patents. The concept should be abolished.
I believe Microsoft has a patent for launching different functions if a button is double clicked versus a single click.
make a shitty game in godot with all these things and file for patents before all the big players do