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BBC News: Row blows up over ownership of 'space marine' term - Stuart - 08-02-2013 Quote:UK toymaker Games Workshop has been criticised for asserting a trademark claim to the phrase 'space marines'. Full story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21380003 RE: BBC News: Row blows up over ownership of 'space marine' term - Stuart - 08-02-2013 More on the story from El Reg: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/07/games_workshop_in_spurious_space_marines_claim/ RE: BBC News: Row blows up over ownership of 'space marine' term - Simian - 08-02-2013 But it does have a trade mark on the term right? it mentions it in the article that its had it since 1995, so what they're doing is actually just enforcing it. they're within their rights to do that surely? (I know very very little about copyright.) RE: BBC News: Row blows up over ownership of 'space marine' term - GoNecrons - 08-02-2013 I am going to put a trade mark on the term flying car and make a fortune..... RE: BBC News: Row blows up over ownership of 'space marine' term - Embolden - 09-02-2013 I think what the lady thats trying to get her book back on amazon is saying that the term "space marine" means so much to the syfy fans and authors that it should be to popular to copyright and that she should be able to sell her books? (please correct me if I'm wrong..) but it's already copyrighted, so I don't think she has a case... RE: BBC News: Row blows up over ownership of 'space marine' term - jaqenhgar - 09-02-2013 Yeah, the people who control copyright shouldn't have allowed it to be copyrighted, but it was so sounds like it's tough and she needs to change it to space farer or something RE: BBC News: Row blows up over ownership of 'space marine' term - jjakaalbinoboy - 09-02-2013 The point they are making is that the term "space marine" is a description of what something is, should never have been allowed to be copyrighted in any other media other than tabletop Wargaming. GW are not the first to use it in sci-Fi an wont be the last. RE: BBC News: Row blows up over ownership of 'space marine' term - Stuart - 11-02-2013 Statement from Games Workshop on their Facebook page: Quote:Games Workshop owns and protects many valuable trademarks in a number of territories and classes across the world. For example, 'Warhammer' and 'Space Marine' are registered trademarks in a number of classes and territories. In some other territories and classes they are unregistered trademarks protected by commercial use. Whenever we are informed of, or otherwise discover, a commercially available product whose title is or uses a Games Workshop trademark without our consent, we have no choice but to take reasonable action. We would be failing in our duty to our shareholders if we did not protect our property. RE: BBC News: Row blows up over ownership of 'space marine' term - Stuart - 11-02-2013 The book in question is also now back on sale apparently: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21409490 |