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<blockquote data-quote="dcas" data-source="post: 3015006" data-attributes="member: 7901"><p>The documents from the various cases between Mayfair Games and TSR over the "Role-Aids" can be found on the Internet. If I remember correctly, the cases can be summarized as follows:</p><p></p><p>(1) Mayfair said that their Role-Aids products were compatible with AD&D (without a license).</p><p>(2) TSR sued.</p><p>(3) Mayfair and TSR came to an agreement over how Role-Aids products could indicate compatibility (still no license, though).</p><p>(4) TSR bought Mayfair to court contending that they had violated that agreement.</p><p>(5) Court found that Mayfair had violated <em>some</em> provisions of their agreement with TSR, but not so much that the Role-Aids line could be cancelled or stopped.</p><p></p><p>If TSR did buy the Role-Aids line then I find it curious that they didn't buy the existing stock of the products (Mayfair was still selling them a short while ago, but not producing them). TSR <em>did</em> buy the existing stock of Dangerous Journeys (skids and skids of it, from what I've heard).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dcas, post: 3015006, member: 7901"] The documents from the various cases between Mayfair Games and TSR over the "Role-Aids" can be found on the Internet. If I remember correctly, the cases can be summarized as follows: (1) Mayfair said that their Role-Aids products were compatible with AD&D (without a license). (2) TSR sued. (3) Mayfair and TSR came to an agreement over how Role-Aids products could indicate compatibility (still no license, though). (4) TSR bought Mayfair to court contending that they had violated that agreement. (5) Court found that Mayfair had violated [I]some[/I] provisions of their agreement with TSR, but not so much that the Role-Aids line could be cancelled or stopped. If TSR did buy the Role-Aids line then I find it curious that they didn't buy the existing stock of the products (Mayfair was still selling them a short while ago, but not producing them). TSR [I]did[/I] buy the existing stock of Dangerous Journeys (skids and skids of it, from what I've heard). [/QUOTE]
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