Dragaera

Artificial release dates and online publishing

Wed Dec 11 06:07:15 PST 2002

Hi Gametech,
My buddy Lance is going to be awfully disappointed when he learns that
the 5000 plus dollars he laid out to patent a new game he invented is
just money down the drain because patents aren't issued for games???? I
think NOT!

<snip> >
> Actually I'm talking about 'Games' not the sub category of them being
> 'Video' There is content in video games that is often copyrighted, like the
> images, and the soundtrack. The 'idea' behind the game isn't patentable.
> Case in point popular games spur many similar titles, of which unless they
> are 'enough different' will flop.
> 
>-- 
! Jim Katz