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.

 

This is a trademark not a patent.  You can trade mark just about anything except common use language.  Vrpg didn't exist until today in public use so I see no reason Sony couldn't patent this today.  ...had they waited 2 years however.