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<blockquote data-quote="MThibault" data-source="post: 1116991" data-attributes="member: 7971">Actually, they would be using it to refer to the SRD/OGL pool which includes Arcana Unearthed, etc.&nbsp; Even though everyone would be hoping that the phrase would be associated with D&amp;D, they would also be hoping that all those AU fans buy a copy as well.&nbsp; So what I would suggest would be that if you are going to try something like this, then designate whatever phrase you come up with as Open Content.I am not a lawyer but I don't think that you can claim a phrase as a trademark if someone else holds the copyright to it.&nbsp; And if your copyright is valid, then the Open Content designation will be valid under the OGL.&nbsp; So the phrase will stay associated with the OGL, yet independent of the d20 License.&nbsp; As far as I can tell (and who am I really, to know this stuff) you could have both the d20 logo and the Open Content compatiblity phrase on an OGL product.&nbsp; That would tie the two together (the phrase and the logo) until such a time that WotC changed the d20STL to separate them.&nbsp; Best case scenario would be that by that point the distributers and retailers would be trained to shelve the Phrased products beside the D&amp;D stuff.I'm not really trying to be devious and undermine the d20 license.&nbsp; But for those who are looking for risk-management alternatives I'm just throwing out ideas.Cheers</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MThibault, post: 1116991, member: 7971"] Actually, they would be using it to refer to the SRD/OGL pool which includes Arcana Unearthed, etc. Even though everyone would be hoping that the phrase would be associated with D&D, they would also be hoping that all those AU fans buy a copy as well. So what I would suggest would be that if you are going to try something like this, then designate whatever phrase you come up with as Open Content. I am not a lawyer but I don't think that you can claim a phrase as a trademark if someone else holds the copyright to it. And if your copyright is valid, then the Open Content designation will be valid under the OGL. So the phrase will stay associated with the OGL, yet independent of the d20 License. As far as I can tell (and who am I really, to know this stuff) you could have both the d20 logo and the Open Content compatiblity phrase on an OGL product. That would tie the two together (the phrase and the logo) until such a time that WotC changed the d20STL to separate them. Best case scenario would be that by that point the distributers and retailers would be trained to shelve the Phrased products beside the D&D stuff. I'm not really trying to be devious and undermine the d20 license. But for those who are looking for risk-management alternatives I'm just throwing out ideas. Cheers [/QUOTE]

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