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Re: 2001 Set info
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 6 Aug 2000 10:45:35 GMT
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"Karim" <knassar@etymon.com> wrote in message news:FyuvG2.BtB@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.general, Matthew Miller writes:
> > Karim <knassar@etymon.com> wrote:
> > > 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.
> >
> > "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?
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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 and/or bullied people and companies in the US and other
> countries based on infringement of that trademark. Witness the • proliferation
> of interesting and sometimes rediculous terminology for things generically
> termed "mecha" ('Gears, Mektons, 'Bots, etc.). "Mecha" is a generic term • used
> for decades in Japanese animation (and essentially in the public domain), • but
> "Mech" is owned by FASA as it relates to giant drivable robots.
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> And since the "BattleMech" and "Mech" trademarks are used in reference to • Giant
> walking robots, it is certainly in the same field of use as any robot • model
> LEGO might make.
>
> --Karim
You know I recall that D.C. once (or still does) had the copyright to
the words "Super Hero". This reminds me of that.
Jon.
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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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