D&D 5E Super hype about 5e, all kinds of stuff is popping up but the question is.... how?

[Dausuul]

Additionally "5th Edition" is not the official title of the new edition, the title is "Dungeons and Dragons" and 5th edition is simply a reference point when clarity is necessary, thus "5th edition compatible" is not a protected term.

As I understand it, you could say "For use with 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons," and you'd still be in the clear as long as you stayed away from D&D trade dress. That's called "nominative use," and it's one of the cases where you can use somebody else's trademark. It's what KenzerCo did with "Kingdoms of Kalamar."

But, again, CONSULT A LAWYER before relying on this. Trademarks and trade dress are weird, complicated things.

 

[Charles Wright]

Hopefully this blog post from Frog God Games will help to clarify some things.

http://froggodgames.org/blog/about-legal-questions

 

[mach1.9pants]

There we go, thanks. What I was trying, and failing, to say from Matt. I hope we get more quality 5e stuff and not just from FGG.