The last 10 days have brought a string of patent wins for Nintendo. Yesterday, the company was granted US patent 12,409,387 , a patent covering riding and flying systems similar to those Nintendo has been criticized for claiming in its Palworld lawsuit (via Gamesfray ). Last week, however, Nintendo received a more troubling weapon in its legal arsenal: US patent 12,403,397 , a patent on summoning and battling characters that the United States Patent and Trademark Office granted with alarmingly little resistance.

According to videogame patent lawyer Kirk Sigmon, the USPTO granting Nintendo these latest patents isn't just a moment of questionable legal theory. It's an indictment of American patent law. "Broadly, I don't disagree with the many online complaints about these Nintendo patents,"

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