>>720661863
>According to the patent office, they do.
According to the Patent Office, no, no they don't.
This is how it works
>Patents cover the function of an invention ie how it works not what it is. Patenting the steam engine woulsnt affect an engine that runs on petrol or an electric car.
And that's paraphrased from their documents. It doesn't cover concepts, like I said, you have a fundamental misunderstanding of this.
>What we are discussing are patents which do preside over conceptual matters as mechanics and systems, which is what the lawsuit is over.
Fortunately I explained all three would you like me to post the patent one again?
>I'm not understanding what the disconnect is
Of course you don't, you don't understand it, period and you're not even trying to. It's almost as if you just want to be angry for no reason.
>Naka wanted Sonic to be a faster Mario.
Mechanically Mario is faster than Sonic but that also came out of the fact that they couldn't use Mario. And don't forget, eggman was originally a design for the protagonist and his design isn't that far away from Mario.
>If you hold the rights to "2d sidescrolling running and jumping" than no matter what spin i put on it you'd have grounds to sue over me infringing your patent as I release Sonic.
For starters you can't own the concept of 2d side scroller.
Secondly if Nintendo owned jumping it wouldn't affect sonic because their jumping is completely different, Sonic turning into a nigh invulnerable hitbox upon jumping and the jump being affected by the incline is more than enough to set it apart as a unique idea that could be patented itself.
Mega man's jumping could also be patented too since it does the opposite and you can't use the jump as an offensive option at all.
That's how patents and originality work.
