Nintendo has secured a U.S. patent for a summoning system in games, prompting debate over how far it reaches and whether it threatens Pokémon‑like mechanics—or not. Here’s the TL;DR… Nintendo’s U.S.

Nintendo has obtained a patent describing a patent for summoning a character for the purpose of having it fight another character. The broad nature of the patent, secured amid Nintendo's high-profile ...

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Nintendo has caught the attention of the gaming world in a different way than usual this week, with a patent that could cause issues for other developers. The patent, designated U.S. Patent No. 12,403 ...

The US Patent Office has revoked a Nintendo patent that previously gave the Big N IP ownership over the concept of summoning a character to fight in battle (ala Pokemon). After a re-examination by the ...

IP lawyers have criticised the U.S. patent system after Nintendo was awarded a Pokémon patent that revolves around summoning a character and letting it fight. While the patent pretty much sums up how ...

Nintendo’s latest U.S. patent — one that broadly covers the act of summoning a character to fight another in a video game — feels less like a technical innovation and more like a calculated legal play ...

You’ve probably seen the chaos unfolding online. Ever since Palworld exploded onto the scene, the internet has been a battlefield of opinions, with “Pokémon with guns” becoming the rallying cry. And ...

Earlier Konami and Nintendo filings may be used as prior art against the patent. Nintendo has two months to respond, with third parties able to contest the patent. Japan recently rejected Nintendo’s ...

The US Patent Office has just revoked a summoning patent used by Pokémon, but it might not be the game changer everyone thinks it is. First off, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company did not and could not ...