On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, woodelf wrote: > 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.
This is the extent of the work I'm going to do for other people on this issue. If anyone is interested in this, just go to www.uspto.gov and start looking around. It's not that hard a site to navigate, altho a lot of the information is going to be in "legalese". Below ***** is taken directly from the site, notice that you'll need to look up other statutes and rules in order to proceed. And I'm neither advocating nor opposing anyone taking action, just providing information. alec ******* [http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/tac/tmep/1500.htm] The following is about midway down the page. ******* 1503 Opposition See Trademark Rules 2.101 through 2.107, 37 C.F.R. 2.101 through 2.107. 1503.01 Filing a Notice of Opposition Any person who believes that he or she would be damaged by the registration of a mark upon the Principal Register may oppose registration by filing a notice of opposition, which should be addressed to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. See 15 U.S.C. 1063 and 37 C.F.R. 2.101. The opposition must set forth a short and plain statement of the reasons for the opposer's belief that it would be damaged by the registration of the opposed mark and state the grounds for opposition. A duplicate copy of the opposition, including exhibits, shall be filed with the opposition. 37 C.F.R. 2.104(a). A notice of opposition need not be verified, and it may be signed either by the opposer or by his or her attorney. 37 C.F.R. 2.101(b). If the opposer is a corporation or other juristic entity, the opposition must be signed by the opposer's attorney or by an officer or other person properly authorized to sign for the opposer. Cf. Pyco, Inc. v. Pico Corp., 165 USPQ 221 (TTAB 1969); General Electric Co. v. Chase-Shawmut Co., 132 USPQ 377 (Comm'r Pats. 1962). A notice of opposition need not be accompanied by a written power of attorney. See 37 C.F.R. 2.17 and 2.18. However, if a written power of attorney is filed, it must be signed by the opposer. _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
