Inventor's Dilemma

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From: Jocelyne M. Fine
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 1995 18:13

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As a lark, I devised a couple of chess variants, then decided they were
worth getting copyrighted and patented, but if my information is correct,
you can't patent game "ideas", only copyright the rules, and even if I
did bother going through that process (and expense) I wonder if there is
any commercial potential.  So, is there a market out there for variants? 
Does anyone know of a game house that has put out a chess variant and
what the results were?  Any info would be much appreciated.

Stephen Fine

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