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Kougeru
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I get their goal here but settling sets bad precedent going forward...ugh
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WANNFH
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| Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2025 9:02 am |
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| Kougeru wrote: | | I get their goal here but settling sets bad precedent going forward...ugh |
Patenting game mechanics is a complete utter joke to begin with, yes.
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SaiyanHeretic
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| Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2025 1:56 pm |
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What patents were supposedly being infringed? Does Konami even have a similar game in service right now? Or ever, for that matter? 
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R. Kasahara
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| Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2025 2:16 pm |
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| SaiyanHeretic wrote: | What patents were supposedly being infringed? Does Konami even have a similar game in service right now? Or ever, for that matter? |
Konami has made a number of horse racing arcade games, some of which are very elaborate. I'm guessing the patents in question had to do with the racing aspects of Umamusume.
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Meongantuk
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| Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2025 11:30 pm |
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| SaiyanHeretic wrote: | What patents were supposedly being infringed? Does Konami even have a similar game in service right now? Or ever, for that matter? |
The raising sim part of Uma Musume resembles the one from Power pro series, particularly in its Eikan Nine game mode (has been there since 2000s).
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