New ways of looking at video game IP

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 Posted in Information Technology, Intellectual Property, Video Games, Virtual Worlds | 1 Comment »

I suggested the other day that we use video games as the industry in which to consider hybrid IP for software. I suggested this because video game software, more than any other kind of software, still retains the elements that were ...

Software IP and Games – which model applies?

Friday, December 5th, 2008 Posted in Information Technology, Intellectual Property, Video Games | 2 Comments »

At the moment, video games, because they are software, are covered by copyright.  But traditionally, games were covered by patent. Hmm.  I've argued before that software should be sui generis, governed by a hybrid model of patent and copyright: The Source Door: ...

Microsoft’s Ironic Poker Game: But are they bluffing this time?

Saturday, April 12th, 2008 Posted in Business Law, Information Technology, Intellectual Property | 1 Comment »

Back in February, Network World ran a story that Linus Torvalds, inventor of the Linux operating system and guru of the Linux kernel, believes that Microsoft is bluffing in its threat to sue for patent infringement. NW quotes Torvals ...