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=Legal Issues=
After a lawsuit between Chafitz and Applied Concepts, and the Spracklens left for [[Fidelity Electronics|Fidelity]], Applied Concepts continued with the ''Chafitz'' brand name and programmer [[John Aker]] on their [[Great Game Machine]] and the [[Chafitz Modular Game System]], the [[Morphy]] program <ref>[[John F. White]] ('''1982'''). ''[http://yourcomputeronline.wordpress.com/2011/01/08/review-morphy-v-champion/ Review-Morphy V Champion]''. [[Your Computer]], [http://yourcomputeronline.wordpress.com/2010/12/28/january-1982-contents-and-editorial/ January 1982]</ref>, and the ''[[Destiny Prodigy'' ]] computer <ref>[http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Chafitz_Destiny Chafitz Destiny] from [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info Wiki] (German and English)</ref> <ref>[http://www.spacious-mind.com/html/destiny_prodigy.html Chafitz Destiny Prodigy Electronic Chess Computer] from [[The Spacious Mind]]</ref>. [[Jonathan Schaeffer]] was asserting his prior claim to the name concerning his program [[Prodigy]] <ref>[[Jonathan Schaeffer]] ('''1997, 2009'''). ''[http://www.springer.com/computer/ai/book/978-0-387-76575-4 One Jump Ahead]''. 1. This Was Going to Be Easy, pp. 8</ref> :
Even if I wanted to, I couldn't use the name Prodigy again. Six months after the North American Championship, I was startled to see an advertisement for a chess computer named Prodigy. I wrote to the manufacturer asserting my prior claim to the name. They wrote back stating that they had done a trademark search on the name and found no matches. Therefore they would appreciate it if I would stop using their name. They left no doubt about the legal implications of their request..
