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George Duke wrote on Sat, Nov 15, 2008 05:12 PM UTC:
[ Incidentally I would guess USP5690334 is in top 5% of patents for strength in embodying wholly new idea and not tweaking prior art, as many, say half, European and North American patents do, limiting their scope thereby.] I patented Falcon Chess essentially before CVPage existed. Why would Monopoly(tm) or Scrabble(tm) have patented? As a boost to their discovery, anticipating implementation. Larry Smith, notable for his recent ''vomiting'' comments, that evidently CVPage thinks are to be tolerated, makes uninformed points again. Half of USA patent applications are rejected (at full expense to the applicant), about the average anywhere, and their purpose over-all is to encourage innovation. There is more literature by factor of hundreds on Patents than chess variations. So, offhand repetition of opinions or rumours on degree of search of prior art are irrelevant to actual practice recorded in journals, books and available Internet sites. As indicated, Intellectual Property is extensive field of study, and USA is in line with the greater parts of the world respecting I.P. Moreover, particular USP5690334 is protected elsewhere than USA. Any fees for royalties are in single-digit percentages, no great deal, and provide ongoing value-added. Methods for games patented have 150-year history in France, UK, USA. Bison is theoretical construct made useful by USP5690334. I think of patent in all jurisdictions, including European Patent Office, as being along continuum of intellectual property with copyrights, registered copyrights, trademarks, and patents. You have what could be characterized as a ''mini-patent-related'' right with your original game rules of any type. In any jurisdiction, some patents are broad, some very narrow. Methods patents are fully accepted worldwide. These are elementary points, hopefully not needing to be elaborated much more, because I doubt CVPage wants long thread on patents. Duniho stresses that CVPage ''helps would-be inventors learn what has been done before.'' I welcome any Bison-Falcon implementation 8x10 and larger. If it overlaps Patent, just make it collaboration.

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