Re: chess moves

On Mon, 17 Apr 2000, Henry McInulty <henry[_at_]mcinulty.greatxscape.net> wrote:
>
> I have developed a Childs game that uses animal shapes that move
> in the same way as chess pieces do. Is it permissible to adapt
> chess moves into another board game.
>
> Are chess moves copyrighted or patented.

Not a problem -- chess has been around for far longer than any concept of copyright, patent, trademark, etc. (i.e., in the public domain long before there was such a concept), so nobody could possibly assert viable rights in chess, and you can do whatever you want with the elements of the game.

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