[casual_games] Gameplay patents

[Adam Martin]

its not property, and there is nothing illegal per se about infringing
it. Until it is tested in court, no-one knows if its valid (although
they may already know its theoretically invalid).

Please dont get seduced by the terminology that tries to equate ideas
to real property - its nowhere near as simple as that. infringing
patents is not theft, its infringement.

On 11/02/07, 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?

>

>

> 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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