Re: [Open_Gaming] A vaccine for OGL

[Ryan S. Dancey]

>     As a matter of example, Ryan, what would happen if a magazine which
was
> making no use of the OGL or the d20 STL were to use the same Trademarks in
an
> editorial or essay? Let's say the magazine contains no game content of any
kind.
> Just essays and editorials.

I can't comment about that, because the specific case in question might, or
might not trigger some response from the trademark holders depending on
whether they felt their marks had been misappropriated or diluted.

It has been the general policy of Wizards of the Coast to treat most
editorial mention of their marks as benign, though from time to time we have
sent official correspondance to various publishers in regards to their use
of our marks, and have on the whole encountered few problems in getting the
changes we were seeking.

Ryan

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