Acbosgd.2233 net.games.pacman utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!cbosg!cbosgd!mark Sun Apr 18 19:10:08 1982 Re: ATARI policy towards similar games Actually, in March 1981, the U.S. Supreme court held that virtually all software and firmware inventions are patentable (!) Also, algorithms can be patented. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.