Dragaera

Artificial release dates and online publishing

Wed Dec 11 14:50:54 PST 2002

Ian Edwards wrote:
>> To my knowledge companies like Decipher must pay royalties to Wotc
>> for CCG's, I have googled the matter and what you say makes sense,
>> there are other game related patents they somehow achieved, the
>> specifics I'm curious about so I sent off an e-mail to them.
>
> If you find out, I'd also be interested in whatever they have to say.
> To my knowledge, the only royalties they were getting were for games
> that involved "tapping." Any other information would be greatly
> appreciated. :)
>
>
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> Ian
>

Heres what I got in response:

-----Original Message-----
From: GT Info [mailto:info at gametech.us]
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 8:12 AM
To: Wizards Customer Service
Subject: Question regarding WOTC patent


Hello I'm looking to get more information about what is covered in patent
protection related to the patents WOTC holds in the realm of CCG's
If you can direct me to a proper resource that would be appreciated.




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