"Ryan S. Dancey" wrote:
> > If you want "Registered Trademark" to
> > unambiguously refer to all Registered Trademarks regardless of whether the
> > registrant ever contributed OGC then IMO the term "Registered Trademark"
> should
> > be defined as such in section 1.
>
> "Registered Trademark" is a term of art and requires no definition.
Okay, so if I've got this right now:
1. You cannot indicate compatibility or co-adaptability with any trademark
claimed (registered or unregistered) by any prior contributor to the OGL.
2. You cannot indicate compatibility or co-adaptability with *any* registered
trademark.
3. You can indicate compatibility or co-adaptability with an unregistered
trademark, so long as the owner of that trademark is not a prior contributor to
the OGL.
4. You can use any trademark (registered or unregistered) so long as it has not
been identified as Product Identity by a prior contributor and so long as you do
not indicate compatibility or co-adaptability.
And, of course, all of those "can"'s are still bound by normal legal procedure
regarding trademarks and fair use.
Justin Bacon
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