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I was looking at the new life on mars sets today and I noticed that the word mech is used in the name "Recon Mech". I had always thought that mech was a copyrighted word owned by FASA and whatever company currently owns the rights to mechwarrior. (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
 
  Re: mech legalities
 
I think you closer to the truth when you state that 'mech' and 'mecha' have become umbrella terms for the genré. Anyone can use them without possiblility of repercussions. BTW, below is the US Copyright Office entry for Mechwarrior: TX-3-626-452 (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.loc.au)

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