Hello People. I would like to know some things about intellectual property of game of poker.. Is the game of poker(for example No limit texas holdem) protected by some trademark(or is it public property)? If I want to create some game that is allmost close to poker game but has some differences- can I protect it as a trademark(intellectual propery). And if yes, where can I do that? So, If yes,.. does that means that every poker room that is going to have »my poker game« will have to pay me money? I have done some reseraches but do not know for sure(it is very blur line). I do not want to go in details of the game I am thinking, but hopefully I gave you enough information to help me with answer. I Will appriciate all the help I can get from you people. Thank you.

Look around you, do you see any licensed games in casinos? People have tried, even members of this forum (see Mississippi stud for example) with no luck. I would not hold my breath if I were you

Thank you RustyBrooks. I really appriciate your answer. Every answer helps me alot. Yes, i am aware of that. But I really think my game can turn the game of poker around.I think you will heard of "my game" in future. If many people failed, that does not mean that the same will happend too me. I am really confident about this game.

Anyway, if somebody knows just one answer of all my questions, please write it. Thank you.

You already got the important answer which is that no one holds the rights to the forms of poker played in poker rooms. There is a 0% chance a casino will actually pay you to play a game when all the popular forms of poker are already free.

In theory though, and this is a theory forum, I'm not a lawyer but I'm coming up empty with casual googling on anything that could stop you legally from copyrighting your own form of poker. A lot of the table games played in a casino (not in poker rooms) are copyrighted and owned by SHFL which manufactures tables and machines. But that's more of just a package deal of selling the game along with the tables.

Here's a link explaining how difficult it is to just get your own table game copyrighted and approved in a casino. http://casinogambling.about.com/od/O...Table-Game.htm

To get a game in a poker room you'll have to go through all that plus make an industry breakthrough.

Thank you NMcNasty. Really appriciate that you take your time and left me a comment. All the comments really help me to figure it out what I am going to do.

You cannot ever copyright the rules of a game. This is not possible under intellectual property laws.

If you invent a new kind of deck of cards, you might be able to patent that. You can also copyright a written work that explains how to play a game. But you can never protect the rules or prevent other people from playing the game. Forget it.

Thank you NewOldGuy. Really appreciate all the help i can get. You Will hear of "my game" in near future. I am sure of that. I have to research that area alot more.

Hello people. I would like to thank again everybody that helped me with their answers. It took me a lot of time to do all the researches, patent,... but now i am pretty confident that I can release this new poker game that i invented to public. I hope moderators are fine with me publishing to this forum the new poker game that i invented (this is forum about different variant of poker games: holdem, omaha, six plus holdem,"my poker game",... and i believe this forum is meant for debate of all sorts of poker,...);. I will open new thread for the new poker game ( new variant of poker) that i invented.