You can patent pretty much anything in a lot of countries because the patent office officials don’t pay any attention. Probably it’d get thrown out in court, but that doesn’t really matter to a patent troll who will be able to make loads of money from settlements that never go to court because settling is cheaper.
You can’t patent game mechanics, afaik
Warner brothers patented the nemesis system from shadow of mordor
People patented how to get jpegs of your camera to your PC by file transfer. Trolls in my opinion.
You can patent pretty much anything in a lot of countries because the patent office officials don’t pay any attention. Probably it’d get thrown out in court, but that doesn’t really matter to a patent troll who will be able to make loads of money from settlements that never go to court because settling is cheaper.
WB patented the nemesis system
Nintendo says otherwise.