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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 (COHM) ITEM 1 OF 5 IN SET 1
TITL: Mechwarrior : the BattleTech role playing game.
PHYS: 144 p.
CLNA: acFASA Corporation
DCRE: 1986 DPUB: 1Aug86 DREG: 13Aug93
LINM: NM: new text & artwork.
ECIF: 1/B///A
Matt
In lugnet.loc.au, Zac Soden writes:
> 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.
> It's funny though because mech has pretty much become the standard word for
> battle robots nowadays....
>
>
> Any ideas?
>
> zSoden
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