Nintendo Patents Emulators

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From: David Touve <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 12:00:42 -0500
Subject: pho: Patents finds a way around emulator gap

It appears that Nintendo has found a way to shift the debate over the 
emulation of game software (whether expired or still in the market) to 
yet another filed - patents.

The company has not only filed, but also been granted, a patent 
covering the emulation of "low power" handheld game platforms.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/68/36218.html

Interesting to note: I don't think Nintendo has ever produced its own 
emulator.  Though the company makes an original product (GameBoy), it 
has converted this to a patent on emulation.  Wasn't there a time when 
new inventions had to appear on the desk of the patent officer?  Yet 
now we can patent those thoughts yet to be converted to a product.

david touve


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