More than a century ago a game called 'Reversi' appeared in England.
There's a dispute about it's precise origin: on the one hand a mr. Lewis Waterman claimed to be the inventor,
on the other a John W. Mollet Esq. contested this claim on the grounds that Reversi was merely an adaption of his game 'Annexation'.
Will the truth ever emerge? Who knows, and, for that matter, who cares?
Certainly not the Japanese Tsukuda Company who trademarked the name Othello
for an ever so slight variation of the game more than a century later and marketed it with great success.
Currently it rests with Anjar Co. Int. Licensing.
Othello ® Anjar Co. - Int. Licensing
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