US Patent Office revokes Nintendo's controversial Pokémon battling patent in nonfinal decision

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Nintendo has plenty of space to respond, however.

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Wrong picture of Pikachu.

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Heh. Good. They didn’t come up with the idea of summoning creatures. Unfortunately, one of the patents that conflicts is one of their own, and that patent isn’t under contest I don’t think. I don’t know what it says, but I wonder if it leaves us in the same boat.

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If you’re a weird nerd like me and want to learn about the legal complexities of this case in more depth, GamesFray has done some consistently excellent reporting on it

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It never should have been granted in the first place.

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