电子游戏玩法专利保护路径探析

The Analysis of Patent Protecting of Video Game Rules

电子游戏的游戏玩法是一个亟待保护的客体。现有的《著作权法》保护方式已难以适应游戏产业的进步和发展,通过《专利法》对游戏玩法进行保护是一条值得探究的通路。应将游戏玩法的概念限缩在可以体现同种游戏差异性的具体玩法范围之中,通过关键技术专利保护以及通过游戏程序结合硬件操作方式保护两种具体专利保护方式对游戏玩法进行保护。

The game rules of video games is an object that needs to be protected urgently.The current“Copyright Law”protection method cannot adapt to the development of the Game industry.Protecting video games by“Patent Law”is a path worth exploring.Limit the concept of video game rules to the specific rules that can reflect the differences of same type of games.Video game rules can be protected through two specific patent protection methods,namely key patent technology patent protection and through game program combined with hardware operation mode protection.