> Is there any precedent for this?? It seems to me that the >reverse is true. i.e. In the case of Warner Bros. Pictures v. >Columbia Broadcasting Sys., it was found that one could use the >character and even name it "Sam Spade" -- since the character was >not distinctive enough. In contrast to this, the case of McDonalds >swiping H.R. PuffNStuff was ruled against them -- because the characters >were distinctive even though they changed the names.
And "malevolent monsters with tentacle faces that live in alternate dimensions" is not exactly a unique "character" after all. Unless you dicount most of what Lovecraft and company wrote. I, too, am now very confused about the legal basis for this. Faust _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
