From:	Adam J adamj@*********.html.com
Subject:	FASA Trademarks
Date:	Sat, 10 Jun 2000 21:46:58 -0600

At 22:23 6/10/00 -0500, Shadowboy 88 wrote:
>I don't see how FASA has any room to complain. I'm sure the movie "The
>Matrix" (even how lame the ending was) sent more people their way asking
>about shadowrun. Every stop to think why FASA came out the Shadowrun thrid
>edition so closely after the movie was reliesed on video?

SR3 came out in August, 1998. About a year before the motion picture The
Matrix came out, if I remember correctly.

>So anyway, it'd blow my mind to see FASA raise a case against
>the makers of "The Matirx" that's what'd hurt em'.

There's no reason for a case. FASA owns the trademark on the word "Matrix"
when related to gaming
(http://trademarks.uspto.gov/cgi-bin/ifetch4?ENG+ALL+3+980425+0+0+634711+F+11+30+1+fasa)
Nobody is stopping anyone from making a movie called Matrix, as long as it
isn't derived from FASA (or anyone elses) intellectual property, without
the appropriate permissions.

Adam
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