[Enigma-devel] Re: Oxyd revival

[Cellar of Rats]

> That's definitely wrong. You cannot patent game ideas in Europe.

Yes, that's true for Europe, but I was speaking generally. ;) 


> Only things having a technical representation in 'real world' may be
> patented.

Is this enough technical? 

"Moving a ball with a mouse and touching stones, with some stones that when 
touched reveal a glyph, with the goal to find and open groups of two stones 
with same glyphs", followed by a technical explanation of what the ball is, 
what is it's digital (virtual) representation, what the stones are, what the 
glyphs are, obstacles, what they do and how they behave, etc... 

:D 

One attorney once told me, in discussion over patents, that "anything 
concieved and invented by man" can be patented, providing it's somehow 
useful and inovative. The absurdity of some patents, he said, is laughable. 

And many program implementations are already patented. Take JPEG and MP3 
algorithms for example, or many Microsoft protocols, or many Internet 
related protocols and even concepts like hyperlink, which, as far as I 
remember, was later dropped. 

And it's never too late. Look at what happened with LZW and GIF. MP3 was 
additionally patented as well, AFAIK. 

And you could claim that Enigma is a particular software that enhances 
memory, motoric coordination, logic and problem solving skills, etc... 
(useful and inovative) 


Yes, yes, far fetched maybe, but you never know... ;) I'm just saying it is 
not categorically impossible. 


Vlad