Lone Wolf sends Cease & Desist letters to anyone using the term 'Army Builder'

[Yair]

Sorry. I actually trademarked "Yair" years ago. I must ask you to cease and desist using it, or I'll be forced to hire some sort of ARMY BUILDER to assemble a rag-tag mercenary enforcement team. Be warned!

Curses! Foiled again.

Yai... errg... make that - Army Builder.

 

[JohnRTroy]

Actually, I hate to say it, but I think Privateer did the wrong thing. They basically responded to what was likely to be a private inquiry with a public snarky and sarcastic response. This only turned into a tempest because of what Privateer did, not anything Lone Wolf did. It looks like what they did was the unprofessional thing and based on the fact that PP shut down discussion of this tells me that maybe somebody at PP responded without having their morning coffee.

 

[coyote6]

Man, I hate when companies I otherwise quite like (Hero Lab for M&M is awesome, and it's pretty good for d20 & other games, too) critically fail their PR checks.

 

[shieldknight01]

5 years

I find it interesting that LW decided to wait almost exactly 5 years to "enforce" their trademark. They obviously waited because they knew that if they tried anytime before the mandatory 5 year waiting period was up they would have many complaints and contests to the trademark.

Smells fishy to me, and evil.

Put me down for those that no longer will do business with LW.

Manipulating the system will push me against you every time.

 

[jdrakeh]

Actually, I hate to say it, but I think Privateer did the wrong thing. They basically responded to what was likely to be a private inquiry with a public snarky and sarcastic response. This only turned into a tempest because of what Privateer did, not anything Lone Wolf did. It looks like what they did was the unprofessional thing and based on the fact that PP shut down discussion of this tells me that maybe somebody at PP responded without having their morning coffee.

Army Builder.

 

[shieldknight01]

Makes me wonder if someone should make a list of other common gaming terms that have been submitted to the trademark office in the last 5 years. Just in case we want to contest the trademarkability of them.

 

[Zander]

Not quite true. You can (and will) be sued even across categories if usage is deemed to be disparaging. For example (from my law book), if you created a line of sex toys called Microsoft, you can bet yer ass the real Microsoft would come knocking.

Apologies for the OT post but...

I don't think anyone would include the words "micro" and "soft" in the name of a sex toy. The Grandma Rule (TM) prevents me from explaining why.

 

[jaerdaph]

Apologies for the OT post but...

I don't think anyone would include the words "micro" and "soft" in the name of a sex toy. The Grandma Rule (TM) prevents me from explaining why.

You win the thread!

 

[Relique du Madde]

I hate the current intellectual property laws.

Can I say that, or is the phrase "I Hate The Current Intellectual Property Laws" someone's trademark?

Yair (TM) (C)

You know what would have scored Lone Wolf some points? If they Community Common-ed their system using a not for commercial use, not for redistribution without consent, and a using the no mixing attribution (aka 'the friendly copyright').

Army Builder (cc) because getting a copyright without being getting an enforceable copyright is user friendly.

 

[falcarrion]

I think Lone wolf did nothing wrong. They where in the right for what they did.
PP started the fire, then shut down talk about it on there sight.
Why did they do that?
Why did they even print what was sent?
Was it just to start trouble?
I would like for both parties to come here and tell there side of the story.
We wouldn't want another Salem witchhunt to happen do we?