Re: [Open_Gaming] "Open" Debate

[Lizard]

"LaPierre, Bob" wrote:
> 
> Lizard,
> Ask the WWF if "MECHANICS CANNOT BE COPYRIGHTED". Look at the specifics of
> the card game they were trying to sell. It was the mechanics of the game
> that they acquired. That is why they lost the suit.
> Bob
> 
But they CAN be patented -- which is what WOTC did w/Magic. You can also
run into trademark issues if your 'trade dress' is too similair to a
competing product.

Do you have an URL for the suit? And did they LOSE, or did they just
sign a settlement?
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