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| Topic | Nintendo's new 'summon and fight' patent could threaten hundreds of video games |
| rick_alverado 09/10/25 12:36:08 AM #23: | PMarth2002 posted... I thought you can't own generic game mechanics, just the intellectual property/artistic assets behind a franchise. Intellectual property/artistic assets would be copyrights. Game mechanics would be patents. So they are different, but both are forms of intellectual property. Patents are much more limited though, in that copyrights are automatic and last for longer, while patents have to be applied for and last for a much shorter time. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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