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| | | (...) As am I, do not be surprised if the name changes rather suddenly, as FASA has the word "Mech" trademarked, and are very strict about enforcing it. --Karim (24 years ago, 5-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: 2001 Set info —Matthew Miller
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| | | | (...) "Mech" isn't a registered trademark in the US. I'm not sure who FASA is -- would they even be in the same trademark class as Lego? (24 years ago, 5-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: 2001 Set info —Karim Nassar
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| | | | (...) FASA is a company that publishes and owns the rights and trademarks for the Battletech and Mechwarrior games, and among them, "BattleMech" and "Mech" are trademarks owned and defended by their legal department. They have succesfully sued (...) (24 years ago, 6-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: 2001 Set info —Jon Palmer
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| | | | | "Karim" <knassar@etymon.com> wrote in message news:FyuvG2.BtB@lugnet.com... (...) FASA (...) is -- (...) "Mech" (...) proliferation (...) used (...) but (...) Giant (...) model (...) You know I recall that D.C. once (or still does) had the copyright (...) (24 years ago, 6-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: 2001 Set info —Matthew Miller
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| | | | (...) Ah. The trademark is actually 'MECH, with a leading apostrophe, which is why I didn't find it in my previous search. (I didn't find anything for BattleMech, though. It's probably not a registered trademark, but non-registered trademarks still (...) (24 years ago, 7-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: 2001 Set info —Brian Kasprzyk
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| | | | (...) BATTLEMECH is trademarked by FASA CORPORATION on March 8th, 1988. It was filed on Oct. 22, 1986. Serial NO: 73-626,352, REG NO: 1,479,757. Great discussion! (24 years ago, 10-Aug-00, to lugnet.general)
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