>Simply stating that "this game copied our idea!" is all well and good; but in a court of law, the case has to be proven beyond any reasonable doubt. This sou

>Simply stating that "this game copied our idea!" is all well and good; but in a court of law, the case has to be proven beyond any reasonable doubt. This sounds like patents or copyrights can grant monopoly on an idea. As far as I know, this is not the case. (Well, at least not in principle.)