Forum - View topicNEWS: Koei Tecmo Games Ordered to Pay US$1.34 Million in Patent Infringement Lawsuit
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Somer-_-
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Those two patents look so simple to be losing more than a million to. Maybe I'm misreading this but I swear a lot of games use features like that.
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Tripple-A
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Usually I would be in favor of Capcom over Koei Tecmo, as I am a fan of Sengoku Basara and despise the Musou series, but this patent infringement looks ridiculous. Maybe I'm missing something but these two "patents" look like stuff I've seen in hundreds of games over the course of my life.
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Narutofreak1412
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"new content acquired through using a previous game and new software"
Don't, like, a lot of games have features like that? I don't think you should be able to patent generic game features like that in the first place. |
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Guy Gardner
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this is such a weird lawsuit...
on an unrelated note: I really wish we could get more Basara games over here in the States |
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yeahreally
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Yeah, games were doing this for a long time. Rock Band and its sequels come to mind. |
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