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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

European courts don't recognise software patents, no matter where they were filled.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

That seems to be wrong at least according to the ESA.

The software itself is copyrighted, the invention is patented, either way the Nemesis system seems to be protected in europe.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patents_under_the_European_Patent_Convention

The European Patent Convention (EPC), Article 52, paragraph 2, excludes from patentability, in particular

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schemes, rules and methods for performing mental acts, playing games or doing business, and programs for computers; [emphasis added]

That excludes video game related patents twice in one line.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

That's very neat then, you'd probably get sued anyway cause companies don't care, but it does make me want to make a game like that and see what happens.