From:	Matb <mbreton@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject:	Re: [Legal] Card ideas
Date:	Thu, 25 Sep 1997 15:36:07 -0700

> *cough* Just for those of you who aren't aware, Richard Garfield has
> just patented the Collectible Card Game. No, I don't know what this
> means. Neither does anyone else. There's a raging argument on
> rec.games.trading-cards.misc about it.

Actually, I've fondled his patent a bit, and -- for the most part --
it's protecting some of the key Magic 'devices' (which is strange,
because I thought he'd servicemarked 'Tap' in context.) It's fairly
ambiguous (define 'collectible') and, from what I understand from the
lawyer types, a bit too late as well.

Interesting stuff, though. I wonder what he's afraid of?

-M