WOTC's ability to trademark the term "d20" is enhanced every time a 3rd party publisher claims "d20-compatibility."
Such claims are obviously intended to trade upon the goodwill of the "d20 System" trademark.
Yep. Which is why i always refer to the "D20 System", when discussing the stuff in the D20SRD and/or D&D3E books, never "D20".
Though, on the flipside, i think you can also use "D20" specifically to challenge the validity of the "D20 System" trademark, since, it seems to me, if there is that much risk of confusion with an established, mundane [in the RPG world] term, then perhaps "D20 System" is insufficiently unique to merit trademark status. And, for that matter, just because "Budget Host" is trademarkable doesn't mean that either "budget" or "host" is, even in the realm of hotels.
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