# legal issues are serious bugs severity 325441 serious thanks On Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 07:34:22PM +0200, Falk Hueffner wrote: > Package: scrabble > Severity: grave
> "Scrabble" is a trademark of Hasbro, and they're actively enforcing it > (http://www.e-scrabble.com/desist.html). This package must not be > named anything remotely similar to "Scrabble"; anything else is a > clear trademark violation. Using the name "Scrabble" for a game is a clear trademark violation; using something *remotely* similar to "Scrabble" is *not* a "clear" trademark violation. The standard in the US, and I believe in Europe as well, is that you must not use *confusingly* similar names. > Hasbro also claims rights on the rules, I have no idea whether that is > valid, It is not valid. In the US and Europe, game authors have no ownership rights on game rules. > but it seems like a very good idea to have the rules be nonequal to > Hasbro's, by changing the bonus layout or something. I think it's a bad idea to cave to pressure from unethical corporations trying to throw their weight around. Cheers, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/
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