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Many countries specifically exclude methods of playing games from patent ability. This is not the case in Australia or New Zealand. Board games, like all inventions, also have to meet criteria of "novelty" and "non-obviousness" in order to obtain a patent. The actual operation of the law of novelty and non-obviousness can also result in different outcomes in different countries. To give you advice on whether you can get a patent for a board game that you have invented we would need to know the details of the game and the countries in which you want to get patent protection.

 

18. Will you sign a confidentiality agreement?

  • The working relationship between a patent attorney and a client is much the same as the working relationship between a solicitor and a client. That is, we are under a strict obligation of confidentiality and a strict fiduciary requirement that we use your information only to your benefit. If a potential client would feel uncomfortable dealing with us on this basis, we would feel equally uncomfortable in accepting that potential client.

 


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