Is it possible to know if a mechanic you want to apply to a game is patented before applying it or do you only find out when you are sued?
Is it possible to know if a mechanic you want to apply to a game is patented before applying it or do you only find out when you are sued?
That entire page goes WAY over my head so I’ll take your word for it, hah.
That’s just what a patent looks like. The patent number, the designer, and who holds it. Then a summary. Designs. And description of how it functions.
But yeah, it’s all legal talk so it’s a chore to read. Don’t feel bad, Einstein worked in a patent office.
Here’s a much simplier example thats far easier to understand, but has all the same details:
https://patents.google.com/patent/USD709328S1/en?q=(lightbulb)&page=1
Drinking glass with inverted lightbulb enclosed within the drinking glass