Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!wang!wdr From: wdr@wang.com (William Ricker) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Re: Legal Question Message-ID: Date: 23 Jul 90 18:35:19 GMT References: <191100007@trsvax> <1990Jul9.164219.27369@siia.mv.com> <12899@yunexus.YorkU.CA> Organization: Wang Labs, Lowell MA, USA Lines: 23 >>> In <191100007@trsvax> reyn@trsvax.UUCP writes: >>> >Can the rules of a game be copyrighted or patented? I wrote >>The Rules, Paraphernalia, and concepts of the classic board game >>Monopoly were patented. I have read the patent, which is the usual >>collection of stacked claims, broad to narrow. and later posted the citation. oz@yunexus.yorku.ca (Ozan Yigit) writes: >I believe the patent by Charles B. Darrow is now expired, and thus the >only protected parts of the game Monopoly [trademark of Parker Bros.] >are those parts trademarked and copyrighted by Parker Brothers. Certainly. I was answering the question whether one *could* patent a game by exhibiting with a game which "was patented". I used "was" in the sense of "had been" rather than the sense of "currently under protection of", which as Oz points out has long since expired. -- /bill ricker/ wdr@wang.com a/k/a wricker@northeastern.edu *** Warning: This account not authorized to express opinions ***