The phrase "alternate reality" is not an uncommon one, being used in reference to many, well, alternate realities.  I don't believe the phrase itself could be trademarked, though the stylized logo which depicts the words "Alternate Reality" could be.  The trademark would prevent anyone else from using that logo, not the words themselves.

And considering the trademark expired in '91, it wouldn't prevent anyone from doing anything at this point.


At 08:22 AM 1/30/2003 +0100, you wrote:


Hehe, yes... Paradise Programming is Philip Price and Gary Gilbertson. But I
don't understand: Where is the infringement you speak of?

/Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Stewart" <jstewart--sdl.psych.wright.edu>
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 8:02 AM
Subject: Re: What the hell is this?


>
> If anything it would be trademark infringement.  And with that in
> mind I went to www.uspto.gov and did a trademark search for Alternate
> Reality.  It looks like it was registered in 1985 and expired in 1991.
> The search results include a black and white image of the "Alternate
> Reality" text as it appeared on the box and/or title screen.  And it was
> Registered to Paradise Programming not Datasoft.
>
> John Stewart
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Robert wrote:
> > http://www.argn.com/
> >
> > It's called "Alternate Reality Gaming Network"... and seems to have
> > something to do with games... (found the link in the forums of
> > http://www.adventuregamers.com/)... but I have no idea what it is
about...
> > (except that it might be a copyright infringement?) :)
> >
> > /Robert
> >
> >
> >
> >