>From: Kal Lin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, J. Michael Looney wrote:
>
> > They could do this, you know. Nothing except their fear of what it
>would
> > do to their customer base to stop them.
>
>I disagree.
>
>They have not been enforcing their trademark claims in the non-profit
>arena. In fact, they have even been encouraging usage. I'm not a
>lawyer but I suggest strong equitable defenses would be available to
>any fan who has the conviction to go to court.
IANAL either but I have spoken to a member of the Bar with eminently
respectable credentials in IP about this very issue, and her take on it was
that WotC would not have a leg to stand on in court on this issue. Her
feeling was that WotC would have a *very* difficult time >legally< revoking
the online policy.
Faust
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