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Lone Wolf sends Cease & Desist letters to anyone using the term 'Army Builder'
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<blockquote data-quote="lonewolfdevel" data-source="post: 5077905" data-attributes="member: 87800"><p>The first thing that I need to make clear is that we <em><strong>never</strong></em> demanded that Privateer delete references to the term Army Builder <em><strong>that were used descriptively</strong></em>. The demand was that they edit or delete references used <em><strong>within the proper names of tools</strong></em> that were directly infringing on our trademark.</p><p></p><p>There were two separate problems on the Privateer forums. First of all, a number of fans created their own tools and elected to name them along the lines of "Jim's Army Builder". We insisted that Privateer either edit or delete specific references to those tools, as they were a direct infringement of our trademark.</p><p></p><p>The second problem was that, most likely due to the name choices in the fan-created tools, many fans on the Privateer forums had begun generically referring to all roster construction tools as "army builders". So we informed Privateer that their user community needed to be educated that this was improper. We never demanded any edits or deletion of such posts. That response was entirely Privateer's choice, and it was wholly unnecessary.</p><p></p><p>Anyone claiming that we demanded Privateer edit posts that were not a <em><strong>direct</strong></em> infringement on our trademark (i.e. using our trademark as their proper name) is misrepresenting the facts. </p><p></p><p>I encourage you all to re-read the original message sent to Privateer and confirm this for yourself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lonewolfdevel, post: 5077905, member: 87800"] The first thing that I need to make clear is that we [I][B]never[/B][/I] demanded that Privateer delete references to the term Army Builder [I][B]that were used descriptively[/B][/I]. The demand was that they edit or delete references used [I][B]within the proper names of tools[/B][/I] that were directly infringing on our trademark. There were two separate problems on the Privateer forums. First of all, a number of fans created their own tools and elected to name them along the lines of "Jim's Army Builder". We insisted that Privateer either edit or delete specific references to those tools, as they were a direct infringement of our trademark. The second problem was that, most likely due to the name choices in the fan-created tools, many fans on the Privateer forums had begun generically referring to all roster construction tools as "army builders". So we informed Privateer that their user community needed to be educated that this was improper. We never demanded any edits or deletion of such posts. That response was entirely Privateer's choice, and it was wholly unnecessary. Anyone claiming that we demanded Privateer edit posts that were not a [I][B]direct[/B][/I] infringement on our trademark (i.e. using our trademark as their proper name) is misrepresenting the facts. I encourage you all to re-read the original message sent to Privateer and confirm this for yourself. [/QUOTE]
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