Re: [Open_Gaming] Some license updates

[Kal Lin]

On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Doug Meerschaert wrote:

> "Gattling gun" is generic, "Foozeball" and "Old Farmer's Almanac" are probably
> solid trademarks, "Mensa" (which is a high-IQ society) is probably a trademark
> but they might be lax with enforcment... or give permission.

Actually, this came up in an earlier thread with snakemen
when someone said that was too generic to protect (I assume
via trademark).  I dispute that you can simply say those
words are too generic to trademark when words like Star Wars
and Swamp Thing are trademarked.

Whether some word or phrase is trademarked or trademarkable
is certainly not a simple issue.

--Kal


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