>From: Justin Bacon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>No. Let's work with the assumptions I posted. Then your answer would
>actually be
>useful to me.
Sure. PEG is out of luck. If "Hell on Earth" appeared in their OGC before,
PIing it now isn't going to be very effective.
If PEG released "Deadlands d20" and you re-packaged the OGC as "Hell on
Earth," and claimed "Hell on Earth" as a Trademark or PI, PEG would be in
violation of the OGL if they were to try and use "Hell on Earth."
I think.
> > >So I *am* in breach if I use someone else's trademarks, regardless of
> > >whether they've published OGC or not?
> >
> > Yep.
>
>Which part of the OGL specifies that the use of any trademark is a breach?
>If I
>have a character drinking a Pepsi(TM), have I breached the OGL?
Oops. Sorry. Section 7 uses the identified term "Trademark" and not the
legal word "trademark." "Trademark" doesn't include regular trademarks,
just the names and titles and trademarks of Contributors.
Of course, Pepsico could sue you for using their trademarked name without
permission...
DM
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