>Once WotC receives approval for the 'd20 system' trademark logo (if you >check the database on trademarks at www.uspto.gov you can find out where >they are in the process - last weekend it looked like they are nearly to >the point where the process opens up so outsiders can challenge the mark >before the uspto grants final approval) WotC is free to attempt to prevent >anyone from using any combination of d20, 20, system20, etc. that WotC >believes infringes upon their trademark.
who has standing to challeng prior to approval? can i, as a random citizen, write a letter pointing out the numerous other "d20" RPGs out there, and the ubiquity of the term "d20" in the RPG field, claiming that it is an overly-generic name for trademark status? (i have no problem with the specific logo, but with some of the plaintext terms.) and a slight misnomer, in the sense that if anybody "deserves" to be referred to as "The D20 System" it should be a game, like Talislanta, that uses only d20s. -- woodelf <*> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.home.net/woodelph/ The Laws of Anime <http://www.abcb.com/laws/index.htm>: #33 Law of Topological Aerodynamics, First Law of Anime Aero-Dynamics *ANY* shape, no matter how convoluted or odd-looking, is automatically aerodynamic. _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
