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Charles Brace Darrow (August 10, 1889 – August 28, 1967) was an American board game designer who is controversially credited as the inventor of the board game Monopoly by Parker Brothers, the game's publisher.
Due to the Raifords' unfamiliarity with streets and properties in Philadelphia, [51] the Atlantic City-themed version was the one taught to Charles Todd, who in turn taught Esther Darrow, wife of Charles Darrow. [52] After learning the game, Darrow then began to distribute the game himself as Monopoly and never spoke to the Todds again. [29]
English: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office filing by Charles Darrow for a patent on the board game Monopoly, filed August 31, 1935 and granted December 31, 1935.While the images and text of this patent are public domain, Parker Brothers/Hasbro still hold trademarks on specific design elements of the game, including but not limited to the general game board design, the locomotive silhouettes ...
The misspelling was introduced by Charles and Olive Todd, who taught the game to Charles Darrow. It was passed on when their homemade Monopoly board was copied by Darrow and then by Parker Brothers. The Todds also changed the Atlantic City Quakers' Arctic Avenue to Mediterranean, and shortened the Shore Fast Line to the Short Line. [ 52 ]
In 1974, Parker Brothers sued Anspach over the use of the "Monopoly" name, claiming trademark infringement.While preparing his legal defense, Anspach became aware of Monopoly ' s history prior to Charles Darrow's sale of the game to Parker in 1935, and how it had evolved from Elizabeth Magie's original Landlord's Game into the version Darrow appropriated.
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The history of the board game Monopoly can be traced back to the early 20th century. The earliest known design was by an American, Elizabeth Magie , patented in 1904 but existing as early as 1902. Magie's original intent was to publish a board game to illustrate an economic principle, namely the Georgist concept of a single land value tax.
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