[casual_games] Gameplay patents

[Jason Van Anden]

Some might think I am playing the Devil's Advocate by posting pro- 
patent given the tone of this thread.  I have personally witnessed  
bullying of smaller companies by larger ones over made up patent  
infringement claims.  It sucks.

That being said, I am in the process of patenting a seemingly simple  
invention that I have spent many years developing.  I was surprised  
at how inexpensive it can be (depends on the Attorney and how you go  
about it).

j

On Feb 11, 2007, at 8:46 AM, Jonas Beckeman wrote:


> Heard of "the Devil's advocate"? I'm just letting you in on how these

> things can play out in real life.

>

>

> On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:37:12 +0100, Jason Van Anden

> <robotissues at gmail.com> wrote:

>

>> It sounds to me like you suggesting that if someone has gone to the

>> trouble and expense of legally protecting their intellectual

>> property,  you would decide to violate this right based solely on

>> whether you had more resources than your competitor.  It seems to me

>> that this is morally and ethically perverse, and ought to be

>> discouraged more so than patents themselves.  Does anyone (else) out

>> there feel that (reasonable) patents are a good thing - or is

>> "patents == bad" the general consensus of the casual games community?

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