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.

Look up the history of chess. I think you'll find that any copyright or patent has long expired. :-)

I'd not give odds, however, against someone else having patented the same idea, or copyrighted an expression/description of the same idea, more recently...

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