[games_access] "patents and games" - little bit off-topic

[Ian Hamilton]

It's a shame, patent law was originally established to encourage innovation but it is now used for the polar opposite, by 2012 the percentage of patent claims made by patent trolls was up to 65%. It's just corporate patent lawyers filing as many patents as they can with no intention of ever building something, solely so they can threaten the person who eventually does properly invent it with legal action.. that person can't afford the millions of dollars required to fight the patent, so they settle out of court, being forced to give the patent holder some licencing money.
However the US government has recognised that it is a problem now (largely due to big corporations complaining) so the law is in the process of being changed to make it harder for patents to be applied, you'll have to give a very detailed case of how exactly you are being infringed rather than just sending out cease and desist letter to anyone you feel like.
So hopefully the situation will improve in the future!
Ian
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> Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 17:53:46 +0100
> From: "Sandra Uhling" <sandra_uhling at web.de>
> Subject: [games_access] "patents and games" - little bit off-topic
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> Hi,
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> well it seems to be normal that someone does sue someone else.
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> Konami did this with the dance games, too.
> This was and still is a big problem for the gamer.
> Other companies cannot publish similar games.
> That is the reason why good games for gyms do not get released for home use.
> :-( :-( :-(
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> 
> Regards,
> Sandra
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