At 03:55 PM 7/31/00 -0700, Alec A. Burkhardt wrote:
>trademarks is the advertising one; obviously that doesn't bother you. As
>Ryan has already pointed out, the use of trademarks within a product is
>NOT something permitted by trademark law.
That's something I don't quite get. A _lot_ of gaming products use brand
names in them. The Shadowrun book I have handy has trademarks like Radio
Shack, Chrysler, Remington and Cessna, to get a wide range of examples. I
find it hard to believe that all these products went out of their way to
obtain individual permission for all the trademarks they use. As far as I
understand trademark law (which is obviously not a whole lot), use is
prohibited only in cases where such use would tarnish, confuse, or dilute
the trademark.
>Where is it
>exactly that people intend on using trademarks other than for advertising
>purposes?
Probably the exact same way as other products do, by using real brand names
for equipment and other in game things.
-Damian
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