Re: (TFT) Howard Thompson & TFT

[Cris Fuhrman <fuhrmanator@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 15:20, Nathan Easton <n.m.easton@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dark City games has been publishing a clone of it for a while now.  Unless
> they have permission to do that, I think it's pretty good evidence that
> nobody out there is inclined to defend the IP.

Based on some facts I found on the web, Dark City Games bought the
trademark to The Fantasy Trip when it lapsed...

I remember reading that somewhere before, but anyway, thanks to the
wonders of the internets, you can verify this. There's a database for
trademarks at http://www.uspto.gov/ - here's what comes up if you
search for FANTASY TRIP:

Serial Number Reg. Number Word Mark Check Status Live/Dead
1 78609464 3140474 THE FANTASY TRIP TARR LIVE
2 73270518 1175352 THE FANTASY TRIP TARR DEAD

Here's a link to the "DEAD" one:
http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4005:3jqc16.6.2
Here's a link to the "LIVE" one:
http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4005:3jqc16.6.2

The Fantasy Trip trademark was 'cancelled' on May 13, 1988 (according
to the DEAD entry) and re-registered on Sept 5, 2006 (according to the
LIVE entry) to George E. Dew. There's a bio for George Dew at
http://www.darkcitygames.com/aboutus.php?id=gdew
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