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Nintendo’s Monster Capturing Patent Got Rejected by Japan’s Patent Office Due to Lack of Originality

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Nintendo’s Monster Capturing Patent Got Rejected by Japan’s Patent Office Due to Lack of Originality

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Nintendo’s Monster Capturing Patent Got Rejected by Japan’s Patent Office Due to Lack of Originality - Games Fuze

Amidst ongoing lawsuit against Pocketpair, Nintendo's recent patent application got rejected by the JPO due to lack of an inventive step.

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Game mechanics cannot be copyrighted

They can’t, and that’s why this was a patent case. And they certainly can be patented.

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