"[H]omer" <spam@xxxxxxx> writes:
> Verily I say unto thee, that Mark Kent spake thusly:
>
>> How could /any/ patent officer even consider these claims?
>> Football has been around for rather longer than computers.
>
> But more than just the basic concept, it's the principle that anyone
> should be allowed to create an Intellectual Monopoly based on nothing
> more than the location of pixels on a damned screen. It's utterly
> ludicrous. What kind of nutcases do they have working at the US patent
> office?
You miss the point. The pixels are only the rendering it's the
game play they are referring to. But you are, in principle, quite
correct here. This patent if for real, is ludicrous.
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