[blindLaw] {Spam?} On patents

[Thomas Dukeman]

I am studying the wonderful wide world of patents and have a question that needs solving!

To obtain a patent:
You need an invention for a process, a machine, something that can be manufactured or even a composition of matter or an improvement to an existing invention.
Youre invention should have a purpose or solve a problem

Now that’s all fine and dandy for stuff like the lightbulb and planes, but what about literature? Wat im referring to is how Disney owns the rights to Star Wars, but how did George Lucas (Creator of Star Wars) keep people from trying  to mimic him? Did he hold the patent to Star Wars then? How did this not conflict with the already existing Star Trek franchise? Lot of similarities between them of you take the time to sit down and look for them all.

Thanks in Advance!
Tom

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