[casual_games] Gameplay patents

[Jason Van Anden]

Ahh ... got it!

Jason Van Anden
http://www.smileproject.com

On 2/13/07, Hal Barwood <hal at finitearts.com> wrote:

>

> Have you noticed?  Patents are a game.

>

> Jason Van Anden 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?

> >

> >

> > On Feb 11, 2007, at 7:11 AM, Jonas Beckeman wrote:

> >

> >> The substantial amount of time and money to get the patent approved is

> >> *nothing* compared to what it will take to defend it.

> >> The patent itself doesn't really give any protection, only when

> >> tried in

> >> court will you know if it's solid. It probably isn't (although your

> >> lawyer

> >> will work very, very hard to write a specification that is

> >> impossible to

> >> interpret), and then you'll only be left with a huge pile of lawyer

> >> bills.

> >>

> >> But it's true some investors like software patents, however ridiculous

> >> they may be - it looks good on paper and adds a whiff of the "serious"

> >> research-intense industries.

> >>

> >> If I feel like infringing on your patent, I will assess your financial

> >> status and if I think I have more resources than you, I'll simply

> >> ignore

> >> it. With more money, I'll wear you out in court, if it comes to that.

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