The patent is complicated — and dubious.
The patent is complicated — and dubious.
by Kallie PlaggeSep 17, 2025, 12:30 PM UTCKallie Plagge is The Verge’s senior copy editor. She was previously senior copy editor at Polygon and reviews editor at GameSpot.
As first noted by Games Fray last week, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company were granted a US patent earlier this month involving summoning characters and making them battle. Headlines popped up with similarly vague language as concern spread on social media: That’s a thing in tons of games! Can they do that? Is that even allowed?
Well, no, because
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