Acbosgd.2233 net.games.pacman utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!cbosg!cbosgd!mark Sun Apr 18 19:10:08 1982 Re: ATARI policy towards similar games Actually, in March 1981, the U.S. Supreme court held that virtually all software and firmware inventions are patentable (!) Also, algorithms can be patented.