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		fooqux on Sept 19, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nintendo Files Suit for Infringement of Patent Rig... Copying some textures wouldn't lead to a patent lawsuit.

anankaie on Sept 19, 2024 [–]

Unless it is a design patent, though I have no idea if Japanese law even supports this kind of IP protection.

tithe on Sept 19, 2024 | [–]

Indeed Japan does: https://www.j-platpat.inpit.go.jp/d0100

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