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.

If you are talking the legal moves of the pieces, any copyright or patent would presumably be long expired. Theoretically, you may be able to get either one on such a game, if new, but in this case, the legal moves have long gone into the public domain.

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