Ugh! There are sooooooooo many patents and copyrights that don&#x27;t deserve protection but because of the broken systems in place no one is willing to challenge them.<p>No game company I know of was wiling to challenge Namco&#x27;s patent. It&#x27;s not worth the money even if you win. Just remove the feature :(<p>Other game related patents include<p>zooming a camera from Virtua Racing, patented.<p>Ghost cars from Midway&#x27;s Hard Drivin&#x27;, patented.<p>Patent to have a arrow point the way to go from Crazy Taxi<p>Patent on plus shaped controllers. That to me sounds about as crazy as a patent on round knobs but IANAL<p>Patent on making a wireless controller go to sleep after a certain amount of time.