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KaVir · 09-22-2010, 04:53 AM

Trademarks are really intended for commercial goods and services - I'm not sure if a pure hobbyist mud could register one even if they could afford it.

But that aside, it was my understanding that the term "RPI" was coined by the players of such games, rather than by the owner of one specific mud. As a term used for multiple games, I'm not sure that a trademark would be appropriate anyway - would you really want people trademarking things like "PK" and "HnS"?

09-22-2010, 04:53 AM	#110
KaVir Legend Join Date: Apr 2002 Name: Richard Home MUD: God Wars II Posts: 2,052	Re: Veterans of Roleplay Intensive MUDs Trademarks are really intended for commercial goods and services - I'm not sure if a pure hobbyist mud could register one even if they could afford it. But that aside, it was my understanding that the term "RPI" was coined by the players of such games, rather than by the owner of one specific mud. As a term used for multiple games, I'm not sure that a trademark would be appropriate anyway - would you really want people trademarking things like "PK" and "HnS"?