Nintendo could go after Satisfactory for its Grenades

[iblis666]

With how vague its patent is they basically patented all thrown items that effect enemies not just items that capture enemies. This means they could go after all sorts of games and as Coffee Stain is a small company comparably they could be a easy target.

[Huren Ogeko]

I doubt that would fly in any courtroom. Overly braid patents a usually get tossed out of court especially since thown items in games existed long before that patent was likely filed anyhow.

[King6Joker7]

LMAO,
I'm sure it has nothing to do with the "Throwing items", as much as it was the Blatant Plagiarism... LMAO

now ADA vs GLaDOS... that would be the more likely fight..LMAO

[Aranador]

Given that grenades are a thing, and better known for longer than even the mighty Nintendo, it would be trivial to discount the idea that this game's explosives were stolen IP.

[Huren Ogeko]

I dont know..Nintendo is rather old. Its the oldest game company in the world. It was founded in 1889 so maybe that predates grenades? I would have to look that up.

EDIT: yup Nintendo is older then grenades which were invented in 1906

[steventirey]

Originally posted by Huren Ogeko:

I dont know..Nintendo is rather old. Its the oldest game company in the world. It was founded in 1889 so maybe that predates grenades? I would have to look that up.

EDIT: yup Nintendo is older then grenades which were invented in 1906

The word grenade is from the 1500s. Grenades themselves are more than a thousand years old.

[King6Joker7]

Originally posted by steventirey:

Originally posted by Huren Ogeko:

I dont know..Nintendo is rather old. Its the oldest game company in the world. It was founded in 1889 so maybe that predates grenades? I would have to look that up.

EDIT: yup Nintendo is older then grenades which were invented in 1906

The word grenade is from the 1500s. Grenades themselves are more than a thousand years old.

THIS

The Romans had grenades in the 700's A.D.
And China Much Earlier than that.. Grenades have been around since the discovery of black powder around 87 B.C.

[Huren Ogeko]

Originally posted by steventirey:

Originally posted by Huren Ogeko:

I dont know..Nintendo is rather old. Its the oldest game company in the world. It was founded in 1889 so maybe that predates grenades? I would have to look that up.

EDIT: yup Nintendo is older then grenades which were invented in 1906

The word grenade is from the 1500s. Grenades themselves are more than a thousand years old.

well the modern granade as we know it today wasnt invented until 1906 and in 1915 it was refined into the shape we know today,

1906
Marten Hale patented the Hales rifle grenade, which was the first modern hand grenade.
1915
British engineer William Mills invented the "safe to use" Mills Bomb, which was the first modern fragmentation grenade.

[King6Joker7]

Originally posted by Huren Ogeko:

Originally posted by steventirey:

The word grenade is from the 1500s. Grenades themselves are more than a thousand years old.

well the modern granade as we know it today wasnt invented until 1906 and in 1915 it was refined into the shape we know today,

1906
Marten Hale patented the Hales rifle grenade, which was the first modern hand grenade.
1915
British engineer William Mills invented the "safe to use" Mills Bomb, which was the first modern fragmentation grenade.

Key Word There is "MODERN"

The earliest known examples of grenades appeared as early as the 700s, in the Eastern Roman Empire (also known as the Byzantine Empire). A century before, Greek fire had been invented, and the Byzantines soon experimented with filling stone or ceramic jars with the incendiary liquid.

[Shahadem]

If they tried going after grenades then the defense is that either the patent is overly broad or that the patent was wrongfully granted as the person who granted the patent failed to take into account the obviousness and fact that grenades in games existed before the patent was granted and that Nintendo had access to those other games when they filed their patent.

[Bird_Dog]

How is this even a topic? Nintendo patented granades in video games??

Granades have been a staple in videogames - especialy shooters - for as long as they existed.
I really don't see why or how
a) someone would try to patent this.
b) someone granting taht patent
c) that patent holding up in any court

[Mush]

Originally posted by Bird_Dog:

How is this even a topic? Nintendo patented granades in video games??

Granades have been a staple in videogames - especialy shooters - for as long as they existed.
I really don't see why or how
a) someone would try to patent this.
b) someone granting taht patent
c) that patent holding up in any court

They already tried a few things like that.
so far it has never worked.

[Kylnoffey]

Even if Nintendo had the rights for the grenade mechanic in video games, unless I'm wrong they only annoy game compagnies that make them issues first. Rest of the time they mainly let people use those mechanics/video game basics and actually prevent someone else to patent and abuse of this right

[TH3R4BB!T]

Proof? No? Then must be a bait for Jesters and be a troll. OP does not reply or take part in convo

[Wolfgang]

Oh please, do you really think that Satisfactory would be seen as any kind of threat to any Nintendo IP which would big N cause to sue CSS?

[Mush]

you can patent a specific grenade design but not the grenade in general,
just as you can patent a song but not music or a perfume but not a scent.
patents have to be rather specific if they want to be accepted.

Harley davidson tried to patent the sound of one of it's engines and couldn't.
Ferrari patented the piping that creates a certain sound and that worked because they did not patent the sound itself, just the way to create that sound.
I think the only exception is the THX sound.
I am not an expert and i could be very very wrong.

Nintendo simply can not sue CSS over something as generic as a grenade.