Nobody expects the Imperial Inquisition!
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RAH never used the term Space Marine. His Starship Troopers were infantry, known as Cap Troopers.
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Spaces Marines by tac games reviewed in issue 8 of white dwarf.
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UK law The main reasons why you may want to invalidate, or partly invalidate, the registration of a trade mark are: 1) you think the trade mark is one which is not unique to the proprietor and sh...
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Has anyone pointed out that it's "Warhammer 40,000" (as in Warhammer 40K), not "4,000?"
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A novel I wrote in protest is available there, for free. http://christophergeoffries.blogspot.com/2013/02/space-marines.html
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In reply to Sean Hodges. I actually just wrote them an email a few hours ago and told them the same thing! It's...
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In reply to Mats Nylund. Heinlein did use the term in his earlier work Space Cadet, though Lensman is probably ...
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Please note that Warhammer (and 40K) is NOT a strategic game, but a miniatures game.
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Oh, and Amazon has put Hogarth's ebook Spots the Space Marine back up for sale. I just bought it for my Kindle. That's "Doc" Smith's Lensman series that used "space marines" starting in 1937. The...
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The term "space marine" was used in the Lensman series in the 1930's. Where do those thugs at Games Workshops get off saying they have the rights to a name that has been in general use in the sci...
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I don't think Heinlein used 'space marines', in Starship Troopers (which established the big, power-armored dudes) they were the Mobile Infantry. But I agree, Games Workshop has a history of assh...
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I'll admit that I don't understand the intricacies of trademark (as opposed to copyright) law, but I would think the phrase itself not valid for trade mark protection. If it was a certain design ...
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Games Workshop is well known for its legal dickery amongst its fandom. I wish her luck. Hell, I think I'm gonna buy her book.
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Yay, I love Vascez. Many member of the challenge #1OneGameAMonth expicitly stated to make their game and title for february about SpaceMarines because of it. Some even dropped existing projects.
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This is affecting a friend of mine (the author in question). Games Workshop is responsible for two game stores in Ottawa being shut down, had sent angry letters to John Wick when he was working o...
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In reply to Anonymous. There have been many PR disasters that could have been avoided if the guys in legal talk...
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I have enjoyed the Warhammer Fantasy IP for some years now, but I have never thought highly of Games Workshop. They love their legal team too much. I still remember them trying to pick a fight wi...
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An easy target...? More like the dumbest target they could chose!! A mom writing to support her child and donating part of the profits to veterans! Jeeeeezuz - do they even have a PR department o...
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In reply to Randy Long. Looks like it's also available for Apple folk in the iBooks store. https://itunes.apple...
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