On Sun, 13 Aug 2000, Tim Dugger wrote:
> by not placing some sort of restriction, another company may come
> along and file suit, saying that WOTC engendered an atmosphere that
> allowed or even condoned abuse of another companies trademarks.
[...]
> <begin quote>
> 7. Trademarks:
> The use of any Trademark in Open Game Content does not constitute a
> challenge to the ownership of that Trademark.
> <end quote>
> has a great potential for an interpretation meaning "I can use any
> trademark, however I want without breaking laws", at least by the
> average layman that is....
Um, so why not just remove #7 and instead replace it by
something like: "Users of the OGL must abide by current trademark
law." That seems pretty obvious to me. If you want the OGL to be
a little more helpful it can name the different parts of trademark
law and where to look them up.
- John
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