Gregory, I see that my comment struck a nerve with you and caused you to completely misunderstand what I was saying. My comment about the lengthy review process and high submission fees were in response to the desire for some people to want Apple to prescreen submitted apps for copyright ...
I have been looking at this and looking at this and I honestly don't see a darn thing to get upset about. I am not talking about my usual copying mechanics is not theft argument. I am talking about me not seeing anything that can really be claimed to have ...
Yeah, it is that NDA and pre-release access to the game that sets this case apart from other cases of cloning. If they had not signed an NDA to get pre-release access to the game, then I would be siding with 6waves on this one. However, there is still some ...
Erik, Some companies do diferent things better than others. Some companies can see a design and improve it. Others see a game and improve the graphics or the sound or the AI. Other companies can do marketing better. That is not something that needs to punished. Now if Zynga is ...
I am not aware of any gameplay specific patents. I doubt the Patent office would grant one as they don't patent rule sets which is what game play is. However, the patent office has granted numerous patents involving software methods that relate to gaming. But those are different from gameplay.
Fraser, That type of thinking isn't anything new in the games industry. For decades now marketing companies at game developers have look at what was popular and then make those kinds of games. Some companies simply clone those games. Others buy the companies that make those games. This is how ...
