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Palm Sued Over Multiplayer PDA Games Patent

Posted by timothy on from the shame-is-free-but-rare dept.

Dr. Manhattan writes "Palm, along with several other companies, are being sued by Peer-to-Peer Systems LLC pursuant to patent 5,618,045. Seems that "an interactive multiple player game system including at least two playing devices communicating over an ad-hoc, wireless, all-to-all broadcast network" is not 'obvious.' Dang, I was planning on writing one..."

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  1. Hmmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Has anyone ever played chess or another game via radio, audio communications or other wireless method.

    Do we now have to pay royalties to play 20 questions on a long road trip?

    Are all non wired communications for the purpose of gaming going to be illegal.