Another Look and Feel?

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From: Paul Chamberlain
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 1990 17:23

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I just heard of another law suit that sounds like L&F that really bugs me.
We've all heard of Tetris right?  Yesterday I saw a new version of Tetris
for the Nintendo.  The new one, distributed by Tengen, seems far superior
at least from it's description.  It allows two players simultaneously and
(from the pictures) looks like a more appealing image.

However, the people at Blockbuster Video said that they couldn't rent that
game anymore (even though it was on display?!?), because Nintendo had sued
Tengen and won.

I don't condone code copying but improving on something promotes
competition, right?  Anybody know if Nintendo really was the original
designer of this game?  I doubt a boycott would be effective, darn it.

To me, this looks likes the same issue as Lotus et al.  Any thoughts?

Paul Chamberlain | I do NOT represent IBM         tif@doorstop, sc30661@ausvm6
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From: tif@doorstop.austin.ibm.com (Paul Chamberlain)
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Subject: Another Look and Feel?
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