The Loading Screen Game Patent Finally Expires - EFF

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<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" valign="top"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNEXyLz8SMmHgw0SzjGDHyZFS2zPTw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=1ztiVqD0N86T1QbE9IO4Cw&url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/12/loading-screen-game-patent-finally-expires"><img src="//t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTVCwzP-hk7R1gvr1x1dOM9YknizhQ5mL_3AcFGLJQ6T6fvjUbO5xOTtew DrxTT35zJ7T3kuiIA" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80"><br><font size="-2">EFF</font></a></font></td><td valign="top" class="j"><font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class="lh"><a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=en_ie&usg=AFQjCNEXyLz8SMmHgw0SzjGDHyZFS2zPTw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=1ztiVqD0N86T1QbE9IO4Cw&url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/12/loading-screen-game-patent-finally-expires"><b>The Loading Screen Game Patent Finally Expires</b></a><br><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">EFF</font></b></font><br><font size="-1">In 1987, many years before Namco filed its patent application, Richard Aplin created Invade-a-Load, a utility for developers who wrote games for the <b>Commodore 64</b> computer. As a game developer, you could package Invade-a-Load with your game; while&nbsp;...</font><br><font size="-1" class="p"></font><br><font class="p" size="-1"><a class="p" href="http://news.google.ie/news/more?ncl=dz-65l2otNtIqBM&authuser=0&ned=en_ie"><nobr><b></b></nobr></a></font></div></font></td></tr></table>

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