alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 19 hours agoNintendo Patent Approved in August Could Be What It Uses Against Palworldgamerant.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down14cross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.works
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minus-squarebitwolf@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up28·9 hours agoRooting for Palworld devs, I can think of several examples of prior art.
minus-squareCouldbealeotard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·edit-25 hours agoPatents don’t protect art Edit: ok, apparently “prior art” might be a phase in US patent law. I don’t quite understand what it means. In my country patents protect functions, not expressions of ideas (art)
minus-squareColonelThirtyTwo@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 hours agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prior_art
Rooting for Palworld devs, I can think of several examples of prior art.
Patents don’t protect art
Edit: ok, apparently “prior art” might be a phase in US patent law. I don’t quite understand what it means. In my country patents protect functions, not expressions of ideas (art)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prior_art