Even Japan’s patent officials seem exhausted with Nintendo’s antics as they refuse its ‘absurd’ defense of a rejected Pokémon patent
While Nintendo has a long and infamous history of petty litigiousness, its recent efforts to secure a series of Pokémon-related patents have been particularly obnoxious—obnoxious enough that even the Japan Patent Office seems like its patience for the publisher’s quibbling is wearing thin. Earlier this month, Japanese patent examiners issued a rebuke of Nintendo’s objections…