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Unfortunately, that's not really something you will get a clear answer for, unless she decides to share it. You can analyze these documents over and over, but you'll never be able to read the minds of the people involved. You can only speculate that part. To be honest, this thread is a lot...

A few quick observations. All we know for certain is that the estate is in a neutral parties hands, and both this auction and the licensing of the IP is to pay for those fees. Nothing has been decided. The re-introduction of product is a temporary thing for now. The judge mentioned...

You're right, I am guessing -- I guess it depends on what is handled via probate and what is mediated or what is handled by separate civil action. It could be something of mutual agreement, or it could come later. The biggest direct fees will involve the PR and discovery as they need to assess...

Keep in mind, there are potentially three attorney's involved -- the ones Luke hired, the ones Gail hired, and the court appointed executor who is also an attorney. The case started in Spring of 2020. Back in 2008-2010, a case with some friends of mine with a trademark issue ended up costing...

I think the Will was clear and spelled out, based on what others have said. The only flaw you could argue on Gary's end is it not being filled or handed over to an attorney in advance. You're making an assumption that Gary was mostly interested in pleasing his licensees or thought of his IP or...

There's a thread with more details. It's a lot more complex than you'd think... https://www.enworld.org/threads/e-gary-gygax-sr-may-have-had-another-more-recent-will.672337/page-11

Regarding the will -- I doubt it, unless there was a change in plan that was never notarized. The IP question to me is complex. Do I think Gary would have expected what happened to happen? No, I doubt it. Do I think Gary would have been okay with his designated heirs doing whatever they...

If they truly want to fulfill Gary's wishes for the IP like they say, they will publish that at some point. He favored that over Castle Zagyg. And if you are looking for pure Gary other than just benefiting the co-writers more, that's where the most material is. I hope they someday we see the...

Well, it looks like the IP is a bit in play, which surprises me I'm guessing the executors are looking at the work and comparing what Luke wants to do with it, with the fact that Gail has done nothing of financial value with it, and from a financial perspective I suspect the argument is that...

I think to also be clear, this statement is vague. He already had rights to use his own name. Gail never concerned herself with his recent product, or Ernie's as well. It was using the surname by itself and attempting to trademark it. If he made this statement, perhaps he believes Gail won't...

Also, if people are curious about the process of Wisconsin Probate, this is a pretty good layman's guide to what the Personal Representative would be doing with an Estate. https://www.wicourts.gov/services/public/selfhelp/docs/probateguide.pdf

And I responded to the best of my knowledge. Neither of us has really posted in this thread in a few years. Based on your last response, I wasn't even sure if you read the court case at all and you were just reading Alzarius' summaries of them, so I responded as such, with the best of my...

This isn't a "trial" per say as this is all probate court. The trial portion was to determine if the will Luke submitted to the court was valid and was to be interpreted by the court and followed. If you look at the court records, that is what happened. From all appearances, the will is being...

While I'm sure the statements by DHSM are embellished (to put it politely)...it is not completely incorrect. Luke was the public face of Gary Con, but for the first few years, the convention was a non-profit organization DBA "Gygax Family Memorial", and the person in charge was Elise...

Not sure why people think the brand has been abandoned. While the one narrow trademark for a magazine has expired, the Gygax Trust has several others, including one that's pretty comprehensive and pretty much involves RPGs in enough capacity that anybody who tried to create an RPG magazine with...

Basically, discovery is a process in the legal term that means each side asks questions and the other side must answer those questions. What happened is the motion to compel means that one side (Luke and his siblings) were not providing answers to the other side's questions in time. The judge...

One thing in that public Facebook post, buried in the comments, is a statement that seems to clarify something I suspected earlier. So, it looks like regarding the will, based on that statement (which I assume refers to the will Luke wants validated, as there are two filed), regardless of the...

The biggest problem is that so many people are speculating with little knowledge. All that people (may) know, is that there are two wills in dispute.' Nobody knows what they say (outside of the affected parties, which applies to further "nobodies") Nobody knows the condition either of them are...

I'm not going to really profess my opinion on this, or talk about private information, but there are certain facts that can be looked up that I did want to point out to clarify things. The current "Gygax Trust" was not established upon Gary's death, nor was it apparently an inheritance trust...

And I should point out that she never engaged in a lawsuit. These are the facts that occurred. In 2012 Gygax Magazine was announced with a press release, and Gail immediately responded regarding the trademark with her own press release. Curiously, for all the prep work done for the magazine...