In a message dated 7/28/00 12:22:01 PM Central Daylight Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

> Yeah, a "related works" page would be nice.  But it looks like something 
> about
>  trademark law already prohibits that.  *sigh*

Actually, no.  Trademark law only prevents you from using those names without 
permission *to sell the product* (which usually means in ads and on the 
outside of the product).  

There is *nothing* in trademark law that prevents me from mentioning 
another's trademarks in my book.  Mostly because you're not then using it to 
sell the product.

In the "Critter Commandos Compendium" (which I released in 1991...or was it 
'92?) I included a whole stack of material for using the Critter Commandos 
rules with the Warhammer 40K miniatures line.  I didn't mention this fact on 
the cover (only that it included a conversion for a "major line of sci-fi 
miniatures") and said something similar in the sales materials.  I was 
covered under the "fair use" clause.

(And considering I was telling folks to *buy* their lead, it would have been 
pretty silly for them to get mad in any case, but that is neither here nor 
there...)

-Paul @ CFE/NSG
www.teamfrog.com
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