Is Nintendo abusing the patent system? - Pachter Factor S10E36 (Patreon)

Nintendo recently secured patents for things dozens of other video games are already doing. Is it manipulating the patent system? Is it somehow influencing the patent examiners? How is it fast-tracking those patents and how does the system work?

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