How brainlets think video game patents work:
>I was first on this hill, and that means anybody who tries to use the word "peepeepoopoo" owes me money
How patents actually work:
>tech priest uses mathematical formula to determine the perfect way to have the black mirror conjure up the word "peepeepoopoo"
>someone steals that formula and reproduces it.

picrel, its the infamous "how many times does a pokeball shake" formula.