I agree with Ryan about consulting a trademark attorney, but here's my take
on it (IANAL)
Last time I heard, Wizards is going to Trademark "d20 system" not "d20".....
becuase "d20" is an industry term and there is plenty of prior use.
So.... I think that we should be able to use "d20" domain names as much as
we want, as long as they aren't "d20system.com"
-John J. Kaufman
www.d20world.com (and no, it doesn't work... Network Solutions lost my check
and turned it off)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Grok" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 10:13 AM
Subject: Re: [ogf-d20-l] Re: d20 Domains
> 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
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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
> >
> > ==
> >
> > Jim Burk
> > Burk Technology
> > www.jburk.com
> > 206-601-7143 (cell)
> >
> > _____________________________________________________________
> >
>
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