Sony Trademarks “VRPG” In Japan: Could it Be a Virtual Reality RPG?

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kowenicki said:

I seriously doubt you can patent a genre.

In the UK for instance

You can’t patent:

-literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works
-a way of doing business, playing a game or thinking
-a method of medical treatment or diagnosis
-a discovery, scientific theory or mathematical method
-new types of plants, seeds or animals
-the way information is presented
-some computer programs

 

It will be a trademark for a peripheral probably.

 

A trademark isn't the same as a patent right? I guess you could trademark the term VRPG, but you can't hinder others in making what would be de facto VRPGs, they just can't call them VRPGs. Does that make any sense?