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« on: October 24, 2009, 12:32:27 AM »
A Federal appeals court in Washington DC yesterday confirmed a Nevada court's decision that IGT's Wheel of Fortune patent is invalid on the grounds that it's too obvious.

Bally Technologies Announces Favorable Federal Court Ruling in Bally iVIEWâ„¢, IGT Wheel Patent Infringement Litigation

This decision removes a lot of IGT's sandbagging against Bally's anti-trust action.

The mysterious thing is how the patent got awarded in the first place, considering that wheel machines were the very first slot machines and were operating in saloons in Gold Rush days. A "person skilled in the art" might regard that as prior art.
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« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2009, 12:46:53 AM »
Very interesting.  I do not think it will affect the wof  as they bought those pat's out quite a while back.  B.   We can go in DEPTH here later about this issue but I do not see the need.
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