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Explorer
Actually, under U.S. intellectual property law, there are requirements that owners defend their trademarks, patents, copyrights, etc. or they can be diluted and potentially the owner can lose the right to later sue or seek protections for those ownership rights even against different parties. This is especially true in the context of trademarks (i.e., brands, logos, etc.) and trade secrets, but can also extend to other areas. It may not be necessary to sue the infringing entity, but frequently legal action does need to be taken to protect those rights.
Correct. Otherwise it could be considered "sleeping on your rights" and therefore act as a waiver.
If WoTC was so inclined, they could put FA on notice (they have with the DMCA) and then just contact him and tell him we are preserving are rights but will not prosecute our rights in this instance for these reasons _____.
If someone at WoTC thinks that cutting of FA will somehow create hundreds of thousands of new subscribers they are just wrong.