It’s worse then I originally thought… · 4:20am September 20th
Turns out the Palworld situation is worse then I originally though. While Nintendo is pulling a Nintendo, this particular lawsuit could ultimately give Nintendo a monopoly on gaming as a whole.
What do I mean? Well, this is because of how vague Patents can be worded. Nintendo is suing over patent infringement, not Copyright infringement. If this was copyright, we’d most likely see a DMCA order and all the money made off Palworld going to Nintendo. It would however, not change the video game landscape as a whole.
However, due to how vague the wording in patents is made out to be, should Nintendo win this lawsuit, it basically will allow them to claim a monopoly over the entire video game market. As in, you can basically say goodbye to your Xbox and PlayStation systems, because using them would basically be illegal.
Essentially, the TL;DR here is that Nintendo needs to LOSE this lawsuit, or video gaming as we know it will belong to Nintendo and no one but Nintendo.
Is it this particular patent?
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It doesn't matter which one it is in relation to the lawsuit itself, because patents can be worded just vague enough to the point where if Nintendo wins this lawsuit, it'd mean that NIntendo would have control over the entire video game market.