"I wonder if you could trademark something as vague as "3rd Edition".
They might have found a loophole...that is, you can't use trademarked
terms under the D20 STL, but if a term has meaning in a context and is
not trademarked..."
George Lucas has a Trademark on "Episode I"
At 06:50 PM 9/18/2000, you wrote:
>Greta Humber wrote:
> >
> > This is off Clark Peterson's New company site -It is
> > OK to say compatible with now? -though they avoided
> > using the D&D name? Does chapter 10 of the d20srd
> > have anything to do with this company? Why is it
> > called the Sword & Sorcery Extension?
> >
> > http://www.swordsorcery.com/swordmain.html
> >
> > >>What is Sword & Sorcery?
> > >>Sword & Sorcery is a new company dedicated to the
> > >>creation of 3rd Edition compatible products.
>
>I wonder if you could trademark something as vague as "3rd Edition".
>They might have found a loophole...that is, you can't use trademarked
>terms under the D20 STL, but if a term has meaning in a context and is
>not trademarked...
>
>(Other major RPGs have had '3rd editions' as well -- many people in
>Runequest fandom refer to editions, and, of course, there's GURPS Third
>Edition, and Champions 4th edition...the use of 'nth edition' in a
>particular game context is probably not trademarkable.)
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