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The Reality of Patent Expirations for the NES

Posted by Zonk on from the not-getting-any-younger dept.

Tashimojo writes "Gamasutra's running a feature entitled 'Nintendo Entertainment System - Expired Patents Do Not Mean Expired Protection', an interesting read. From the article: 'This article originated when the Gamasutra editors noticed a number of online sources such as Wikipedia stating that it was now completely legal to make NES 'clone' consoles, because all of Nintendo's patents regarding the NES had expired. How true was this statement? We asked game IP lawyer S. Gregory Boyd the question: Are the NES patents expired? If so, is a company free to build and sell new NES-like systems?'"

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  1. Re:See Digg.com by Gojira+Shipi-Taro · · Score: 0, Offtopic



    I do email them about dupes before stories hit the front page. I've helped stop 3 dupes that I know of. Sometimes they don't. Sometimes I'm WRONG. I've seen one dupe pulled AFTER it hit the front page (I had emailed when I saw it in the Mysterious Future).

    I doubt the "is there a problem with this story" link would even BE there if the intent was to ignore everyone.

    But whatever, dude. Shill away.

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  2. You want insightful comments? by Hitto · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Try 4chan.org
    The most honest discussions ever :D

  3. Leftwing slant? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha .
    Let me guess - you're American, correct? Hehehehehehehehe.

  4. Re:See Digg.com by CuriosityKilledWHAT · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    According to Alexa.com, Digg will be overtaking Slashdot's traffic within the month.

    Traffic, maybe someday, if only because of Digg fanboys continually refreshing to read the latest dupes that have been posted and post complaints about them.

    Reach? As in how many different people actually visit daily? Digg has a long way to go yet.

    I'd also wager a much higher % of veteran Slashdot readers don't even allow Alexa to track their browsing habits.

  5. Re:See Digg.com by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm not wrong at all.

    Linus calling Slashdot a "public wanking session" on the LKML:

    "Gaah. I don't tend to bother about slashdot, because quite frankly, the whole _point_ of slashdot is to have this big public wanking session with people getting together and making their own 'insightful' comment on any random topic, whether they know anything about it or not."

    Yeah, Linus has an account. So do a lot of other people who now despise this place.

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