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[โ€“] ICastFist 54 points 2 days ago (14 children)

"Multiple patents"

Specifies none

Off to a great start, I see. I know that actual game mechanics cannot be patented or copyrighted (the same principle applies to non digital games), so I'm really curious to what these patents are.

[โ€“] [email protected] 36 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

Someone linked a list of all the patents Pokemon Company specifically holds and the very first one was "creature breeding based on good sleep habits."

  1. How does that even get a patent?
  2. What the fuck iteration of Pokemon requires you to have good sleep habits to breed your pokemon? ๐Ÿคจ
  3. Does it actually help you sleep? ๐Ÿค” I might need to start breeding pokemon...
[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Pokemon Sleep, sleep tracking app

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

It's real, folks.

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