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Message: <blockquote data-quote="T. Foster" data-source="post: 3796590" data-attributes="member: 16574">The complete decision was posted somewhere on the 'net a few years back (Rob Kuntz's site, maybe?) and I read it. Per the 1984 agreement Mayfair agreed to use a certain format when labeling their stuff AD&D compatible -- namely, that text-box that appeared on the cover of the RoleAids books -- and also that the AD&D name not appear in a larger or more prominent font than the Mayfair/RoleAids logos, and that Mayfair not mention compatability with any other rpgs besides AD&D.TSR's lawsuit in the 90s centered around various breaches of that format by Mayfair -- using the AD&D name outside of the text box, making the words ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS bigger than the words ROLE AIDS, saying in ad-copy "compatible with AD&D and other fantasy role-playing games," etc. The judge agreed that those were violations of the agreement, and that Mayfair was obligated to cure them on future print runs of the offending products and cease distributing the offending ad-copy, but that they weren't sufficient to terminate the agreement (i.e. Mayfair was allowed to keep labeling and advertising their RoleAids products as "compatible with AD&D"). TSR wanted the RoleAids products out of the marketplace and tried to exploit legal technicalities to force them out. When that didn't work, they then bought the line out from Mayfair (who was, by that time, looking to get out of the rpg business anyway).</blockquote>

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