This is one of those hard to peg Intellectual Property Attorney Questions..
A lot of the problem stems from various rules and laws that can be brought
in on this, depending on where you live, etc. In theory, as long as you
made it clear you were not WotC, associated with WotC, etc, you would be
legally ok. However, if WotC could show that you were causing harm to their
brand, etc, they could own you. Right now, it is a very tough road to travel
on when you use a product name in your domain as there are so many obscure
laws being tossed at anything that might appear to water down the market for
a specific company. The non-profit I recently formed has encountered some of
these problems already, where fan sites have taken part of the product name
and do not fully expose themselves as being a seperate or non-associated
entity from our company.
-Rob
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From: "Jim Burk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 9:10 AM
Subject: [ogf-d20-l] Re: d20 Domains
> I have a related question on Domains. Is it a violation of the d20
trademark license to get a domain with "d20" in it -- "d20games.com" for
example. If you posted the appropriate licenses there, would that be enough
legally?
>
> Thanks
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> Jim Burk
> Burk Technology
> www.jburk.com
> 206-601-7143 (cell)
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