> Ryan S. Dancey
>
> Please take some time to examine these drafts and provide feedback. This
> represents what I think will be the final format (though not
> necessarily the
> final terms and conditions) of the Trademark License.
First, I love the new layout and the examples of acceptable use, it is MUCH
clearer than the old version. I could probably use this one as-is, but I
would like a clarification.
The trademark 'D20 System' appears frequently, but in our common discussion
we are using 'd20' to refer to a great deal of this material. Does WotC
have an official opinion on the colloquial term 'd20' as it pertains to your
registered mark "D20 System"? Is 'd20' (and the nomenclature for other die
rolls such as d4, d6, d8, d10, d12 & d100), such a common term in the
industry that it cannot be a trademark on its own?
More directly, you have indicated that if industry wants to come up with a
nomenclature that describes products derived from the D20 System Reference
Document which do not also subscribe to the D20 STLG, they could do so, but
WotC isn't going to do it for them. If industry adopts the term 'd20'(sans
Logo) as this unofficial term and used it to brand Interactive Game software
or rules which describe Character Creation or Applying the effects of
Experience to a Character, would WotC see that as a threat, and move to
block it? What about similar marks such as "d20-xml?"
If there are no objections, I move that 'd20' be used as the general
nomenclature for material derived from the D20 System Reference Document (or
whatever it's final title) which does not also subscribe to the D20 System
Trademark Logo Agreement and D20 System Trademark Logo Guide.
-Brad
