Re: chess moves

On Wed, Apr 19, 2000, Mike Holderness <mch[_at_]cix.compulink.co.uk> wrote:
>
> 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...

Somehow, the notion of P-K4 P-K4 leading to a patent suit would be a great laugh if it weren't so possible. (Yes, I know there is a more modern notation, I learned this one and don't study enough to convert quickly)

Harold Federow
<haroldf[_at_]bsquare.com> Received on Wed Apr 19 2000 - 22:04:26 GMT