Microsoft patents drop-in split-screen

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slowmo said:

FilaBrasileiro said:
So warhawk (a 2007 game) is violating this patent?

If they had the same system already then they should have attempted to get their patent through too, there is plenty of evidence through history of people patenting products others have done a lot of work on.  Sitting on your hands doing nothing is no excuse for letting a patent opportunity slip.

Brute force came out in 2003. I don't understand what you mean. Patents aren't always handed out to the first company to us the technology. If a company can prove that it was using the technology before it was patented to another company, the patent will not hold up in court.

But seeing how I don't remember any ps2 games or wii games with such technology in before MS did in 2003. Why wouldn't it hold?....FreeTalkLive that questions for you.