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EA opens up more patents for increasing Accessibility in gaming (www.gamingonlinux.com)
submitted 11 months ago by DannyMac@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world
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Alternate headline: "EA did a good thing in latest attempt to get off naughty list"

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[โ€“] GorgeousDumpsterFire@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If the idea already existed EA wouldn't have been issued the patent. That's part of the process of obtaining the patent.

Point is moot because the patent was issued.

[โ€“] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 1 points 11 months ago

My point is if they created something without patenting it, it is no longer possible for anyone to patent it.