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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 7659737" data-attributes="member: 1">There's an element of that with trademarks. Not with general copyright infringement though.&nbsp; They have to protect the name &quot;Dungeons &amp; Dragons&quot; (see Xerox, Hoover, Photoshop). They don't have to protect the description of magic missile (not that there might not be other compelling reasons to do so, but it's only trademarks you're in danger of losing if you don't protect them).Contractual issues might be one thing. If they've given someone an exclusive&nbsp; license to do something, problems might arise if it transpires that it's not quite as exclusive as was promised. Even more so if someone paid thousands for a license to do something that you're quite happily letting everybody else do for free.Of course, that only applies if someone is infringing on your IP, not just because they're doing something you don't want them to do. That's why I'm curious about the actual C&amp;D and what type of violation it addresses.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 7659737, member: 1"] There's an element of that with trademarks. Not with general copyright infringement though. They have to protect the name "Dungeons & Dragons" (see Xerox, Hoover, Photoshop). They don't have to protect the description of magic missile (not that there might not be other compelling reasons to do so, but it's only trademarks you're in danger of losing if you don't protect them). Contractual issues might be one thing. If they've given someone an exclusive license to do something, problems might arise if it transpires that it's not quite as exclusive as was promised. Even more so if someone paid thousands for a license to do something that you're quite happily letting everybody else do for free. Of course, that only applies if someone is infringing on your IP, not just because they're doing something you don't want them to do. That's why I'm curious about the actual C&D and what type of violation it addresses. [/QUOTE]

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