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<blockquote data-quote="Xyxox" data-source="post: 5078425" data-attributes="member: 16542">In a case where somebody is using the mark to denote roster creation software, they have no choice but to defend their IP.In a case where somebody uses the phrase &quot;army builder&quot; in a generic manner or to describe the function of a piece of software not related to Army Builder®, there is no legal recourse for Lone Wolf. They can attempt to educate (as Xerox, Hoover, and Kleenex do), but conversational use of a phrase included in a mark is not actionable.I've called my spreadsheets &quot;army builder sheets&quot; for decades. I literally began creating &quot;army builder sheets&quot; in the eighties, first on Multiplan® and later on Lotus 123®. The fact that I just referred to these sheets as army builders is not actionable as I am not infringing upon Lone Wolf's mark. I am using terminology to describe functionality, not marking a competing product.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Xyxox, post: 5078425, member: 16542"] In a case where somebody is using the mark to denote roster creation software, they have no choice but to defend their IP. In a case where somebody uses the phrase "army builder" in a generic manner or to describe the function of a piece of software not related to Army Builder®, there is no legal recourse for Lone Wolf. They can attempt to educate (as Xerox, Hoover, and Kleenex do), but conversational use of a phrase included in a mark is not actionable. I've called my spreadsheets "army builder sheets" for decades. I literally began creating "army builder sheets" in the eighties, first on Multiplan® and later on Lotus 123®. The fact that I just referred to these sheets as army builders is not actionable as I am not infringing upon Lone Wolf's mark. I am using terminology to describe functionality, not marking a competing product. [/QUOTE]

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