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Wait, aren't patents on gameplay inapplicable? I thought this is why game clones are commonplace, so much that the term "x clone" entered the vernacular for vid
by mpsprd 3y ago
Wait, aren't patents on gameplay inapplicable? I thought this is why game clones are commonplace, so much that the term "x clone" entered the vernacular for video games.
- coldpie 3y agoNo, you're thinking of copyright: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_v._Amusement_World https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_v._Amusement_World
- hnick 3y agoI think it's a bit of a grey area, you can't patent abstract things like rules of a game, but a game engine makes that a little less abstract and turns it into an implementation. For example, Magic: The Gathering has a patent here on the gameplay process: https://patents.google.com/patent/US5662332A/en https://patents.google.com/patent/US5662332A/en