If only necromancy were real. They could summon and battle Gygax in court.

I don't know what went wrong that such a patent was granted. I absolutely loathe IP people.

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[–] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sort of the point though. If they take a small creator to court, they can just bankrupt them through expensive legal proceedings, and because they do have the patents the judge is unlikely to throw the case out

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yes, absolutely. And there is money in patent trolling. I just don't see the business case here. Why damage the Nintendo brand with such shenanigans when you could leave the patent trolling to some formally independent company. Maybe I just underestimate how much money can be made by shaking down small devs.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    What damage? Its been known for years what a scummy company Nintendo is and people still buy their games and consoles in the millions. The fans will just say that Nintendo is in the right and move on

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