Nintendo got their “summoning characters to make them battle” patent revoked. I love Nintendo but this is a win for the industry as a whole.
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/us-patent-office-revokes-nintendos-patent-on-summoning-characters-to-make-them-battle/

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/us-patent-office-revokes-nintendos-patent-on-summoning-characters-to-make-them-battle/
