On: Nintendo Files Suit for Infringement of Patent Rig...

[bearjaws]

Suing for software patents is... an interesting move.

Working with lawyers in my job they made it very clear software patents are a nightmare to enforce. I think Oracle v Google proves this pretty clearly.

[pcwalton → bearjaws]

That's a US court precedent, which is irrelevant to the Japanese legal system.

[bhouston → bearjaws]

> Working with lawyers in my job they made it very clear software patents are a nightmare to enforce.

It depends which lawyers and which patents. I've see patent trolls win a few times up close. It sort of sucks.

[frosting1337 → bearjaws]

Yeah, they definitely are, which would be why Nintendo has taken so long.

[bearjaws → frosting1337]

I also just read both companies are in Japan, so Japanese patent law applies, which I have no idea what that looks like.