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Forums - Nintendo - Nintendo's Pokémon Catching-Related Patent Has Been Rejected In Japan

IcaroRibeiro on 04 April 2026
Alex_The_Hedgehog said:

Nintendo's "Summon a character" patent was also rejected in the U.S.

Link is broken. But here is one: https://www.ign.com/articles/uspto-rejects-nintendos-controversial-summon-character-and-let-it-fight-pokemon-patent-in-non-final-ruling-as-palworld-legal-battle-rumbles-on

This whole patent thing is so stupid, really



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Alex_The_Hedgehog on 04 April 2026
IcaroRibeiro said:
Alex_The_Hedgehog said:

Nintendo's "Summon a character" patent was also rejected in the U.S.

Link is broken. But here is one: https://www.ign.com/articles/uspto-rejects-nintendos-controversial-summon-character-and-let-it-fight-pokemon-patent-in-non-final-ruling-as-palworld-legal-battle-rumbles-on

This whole patent thing is so stupid, really

Oh, thank you. I fixed it with your link.



Chrkeller on 05 April 2026

Good. For starters you cant patent something that is already on the market. Patents have to be file and receive a priority date before it launched (e.g. public information).



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