> John J. Kaufman
>
> Product A includes the god Apollo. The name Apollo is PI, the stats are
> OGC.
> Product B uses the OGC Stats and calls the god Ra.
>
> The producers of Product C have never seen product A. They look
> at Product
> B and say "These abilities don't fit with Ra... let's use them
> for Apollo."
> So, Product C has the stats originally from product A, and a non-derived
> name of Apollo.
>
> I could see that standing a chance in court (no prior knowledge
> of the PI).
Sorry, but the derivation chain will bite you here. The name Apollo is
off-limits for that particular type of use (but perhaps not for others) for
all works derived from Product A whether you have actually seen hands them
or not. The moral of the story is never derive from a work containing OGC
unless you can review every work in the copyright block.
-Brad
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