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Posted by M. Arthur Auslander on August 23, 2001 at 23:36:43:

In Reply to: Game Gone posted by Kathryn on August 23, 2001 at 10:50:49:

: We used to play an online free form, play-by-post game that shut down its boards. We are interested in continuing playing this game in a free forum as a fan site. We do not want to commercialize the game in any way, just play it on Ezboards. The owner wrote a comprehensive Terms of Use to keep all the rights tied to his company. He made a lot of promises to players who actually contributed their intellectual property to him that they were "partners" with him. Will this be copyright infringement? He says his trademark is this game's name, but it is actually a trademark of another company according to the search engine.

Dear Kathryn,

There is reality and there is law, sometimes they don't meet. An unregistered copyright cannot be enforced until it is registered. Is the copyright registered.

Trademarks can be the same as other marks as long as the is no liklihood of confusion between the same marks as to the differents uses.

Trademarks are not easy to enforce unless they are registered. ® associated with a trademark is public notice to all of registration. If the ® is properly used the infringers a liable without notice.

M. Arthur Auslander

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