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Fischer RandomChess
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Just kidding of course. You can probably Google origin of Fischer random chess.
hodebisabode wrote:
it was first called fisher's gay chess as it clearly shows his gay tendencies to the extreme. stay away from this game or you will turn gay too
What the ?...
Back to topic : is it even possible to patent such a thing ?
Irontiger wrote:
hodebisabode wrote:
it was first called fisher's gay chess as it clearly shows his gay tendencies to the extreme. stay away from this game or you will turn gay too
What the ?...
Back to topic : is it even possible to patent such a thing ?
Why would it not be possible to patent it?
(I've never played that variation of Chess - so I'm curious as to why the game couldn't be patented).
indurain wrote:
Irontiger wrote:
Back to topic : is it even possible to patent such a thing ?
Why would it not be possible to patent it?
(I've never played that variation of Chess - so I'm curious as to why the game couldn't be patented).
Because you can't patent everything, duh.
Are you paying a fee to someone to play chess with a friend ? Is there some tax on chessboards that goes to a federation ? No.
A patent is supposed to protect technical research from being stolen, otherwise competitors would cut in R&D research and just steal fromother firms. How could a chess variant be some part of an industrial process ?
Irontiger wrote:
A patent is supposed to protect technical research from being stolen, otherwise competitors would cut in R&D research and just steal fromother firms.
But isn't it a wasted effort anyways to invent something that does about the same which others already have come up? I mean from a standpoint of view to minimize work and maximize advance, wouldn't it be the best to take the research-results of others as basis of your own reserach instead of having to research the same first?
For example for chess engines. Most of the authors admit that they have based there engine on some other engine and used a lot of know-how from others. If they wouldn't do that and had to start over from scratch, I highly doubt that anyone could have come up with something as good as available now.
Irontiger wrote:
indurain wrote:
Irontiger wrote:
Back to topic : is it even possible to patent such a thing ?
Why would it not be possible to patent it?
(I've never played that variation of Chess - so I'm curious as to why the game couldn't be patented).
Because you can't patent everything, duh.
Are you paying a fee to someone to play chess with a friend ? Is there some tax on chessboards that goes to a federation ? No.
A patent is supposed to protect technical research from being stolen, otherwise competitors would cut in R&D research and just steal fromother firms. How could a chess variant be some part of an industrial process ?
Not true.
Board games can be patented and are patented.
This may or may not be of interest.
http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2011/12/22/patenting-board-games-101/
(Board game Monopoly makes for interesting reading).
Xilmi wrote:
Irontiger wrote:
A patent is supposed to protect technical research from being stolen, otherwise competitors would cut in R&D research and just steal fromother firms.
But isn't it a wasted effort anyways to invent something that does about the same which others already have come up? I mean from a standpoint of view to minimize work and maximize advance, wouldn't it be the best to take the research-results of others as basis of your own reserach instead of having to research the same first?
For example for chess engines. Most of the authors admit that they have based there engine on some other engine and used a lot of know-how from others. If they wouldn't do that and had to start over from scratch, I highly doubt that anyone could have come up with something as good as available now.
Exactly. The problem is if you allow anyone to take research from anyone for free, none is funding R&D anymore because they just wait to steal from others.
Obviously, on the other hand, a too large interpretation of that patent concept leads to research being stuck because everything has been patented due to vague terms and the ones that hold the patent demand high sums for it.
I am not sure how restrictive the laws are, but for instance, take your chess software example. Copy-pasting the code and sell it as your own is property infringement. But using the same algorithm to create your own code might not be if the algorithm comes from public research.
If this question is in the wrong section, please feel free to move it.
My question is : was FischerRandom Chess patented?
And if so did Bobby Fischer patent it? And if he did, who owns/controls the patent now?
Thanks