Are Video Game Patents Next?

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday June 1, 2005 @12:55AM from the this-could-get-scary dept.

MarcOiL writes "Gamasutra is running an article titled It's Just a Game, Right? Top Mythconceptions on Patent Protection of Video Games where two IP lawyers try to convince the videogame industry of patenting everything in sight: ideas, technical contributions, etc. They show as an example a Microsoft patent on Scoring based upon goals achieved and subjective elements. They also have created a weblog, The Patent Arcade, to promote their business. Will this be the real end of innovation in videogames?"

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ugh by Anonymous Coward · 2005-06-01 00:57 · Score: 5, Funny

"where two IP lawyers try to convince the videogame industry of patenting everything in sight: ideas, technical contributions, etc. "

Q. What do you have when you have 2 lawyers buried up to their necks in cement?

A. Not enough cement.
Re:Aren't they already here? by Game+Genie · 2005-06-01 01:06 · Score: 5, Funny

Too bad nobody has patented "really frickin slow load times". Perhaps I should get the patent and then refuse to licence it. That would save us all a lot of trouble.