Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 09:22:50 01/07/04
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On January 07, 2004 at 11:13:08, Ed Trice wrote: >Patent Links... > >http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=2&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=Trice.IN.&OS=IN/Trice&RS=IN/Trice > > >http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6481716.WKU.&OS=PN/6481716&RS=PN/6481716 > > ><a >href="http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6481716.WKU.&OS=PN/6481716&RS=PN/6481716">patent >link 1</a> > ><a >href="http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=2&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=Trice.IN.&OS=IN/Trice&RS=IN/Trice >">patent link 2</a> > >The international patent is on file and is still pending (it takes longer, it >took 18 months to get the US Patent). I think my attorney's original take on this still stands. You can patent the game, but you really can't prevent someone from writing a program that _plays_ that particular game, and then he can do with it what he wants, from selling it or giving it away.
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