WotC doesn't own, and cannot successfully enforce a product identity
claim on the term "d20".  That's why they didn't try to trademark
"d20" in the first place.  The OGL specifically enumerates what a
company can claim as Product Identity, and "die types" are not on the
list.  The list of "Product Identity" types is inclusive.

I do maintain, however, that they have a pretty good trademark
infringement case against any company that markets as products as "d20
X" - but that's an issue wholly separate from the OGL or the d20
Tradmark License, and is a matter of standard US trademark law.

In short:  They can put whatever they like into a Product Identity
clause, but successfully enforcing that declaration on a 3rd party is
probably impossible for something as vague as "d20" in anything other
than a trademark infringement case.

Ryan

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