Legal Question in Technology Law in New York

Re: Online board game legal issues

You may not without license use the trademark of another company in making an online version of a board game. Also, various aspects of the game may be covered by other intellectual property protections.

Re: Online board game legal issues

YES, SOMETHING PREVENTS YOU FROM MAKING ON-LINE VERSIONS OF BOARD GAMES. That "something" is intellectual property rights and damages for infringement of those rights.

If you want to "toe the line", you should hire an attorney for a couple of very important reasons:

1. Attorney-client privilege: your intentions, thoughts, strategies, are then secret between you and your attorney.

2. Only your attorney who will know all the specific details of what you propose to do can give you advice on what may be "sufficient to prevent any action against" you or "how [to] get around it".

The "wait and see" approach is very ill-advised. Large companies have in-house legal departments-with teams of intellectual property attorneys-who have nothing else to do except sue you (believe me, I know - look at my profile for what I do).

Sarah