Re: [Open_Gaming] The "conspiracy theorists"

[Ann Dupuis]

Rogers Cadenhead wrote:
> If the text "D20 system" is not protectable as a trademark, what would stop people
> from using it in retailer solicitations, Internet mailing lists, Usenet postings, Web
> sites, and other places as a generic to describe D&D-style games (as it has been
> used occasionally in the past)? 

Possibly the fact that the "not protectable as a trademark" issue would
need to be decided in court, and WotC/Hasbro has more money to pay
lawyers with than any of the d20 system publishers that I know of....

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Best regards,

Ann Dupuis ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Grey Ghost Press, Inc. (http://www.fudgerpg.com)
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