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...Shades of "Murphy's Rules" from the old _Space Gamer_... Looking at the new catalogue (who's not?), it appears that Lucasfilm, Ltd., has trademarked the word "Imperial." This brings to mind the boardgame variant of "Indiana Jones" from days gone (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
 
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"Mr L F Braun" <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message news:G2y3o0.8xC@lugnet.com... (...) I surprised they havent registered 'Star' and 'Wars' too. regards lawrence (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
 
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(...) And the space character in-between. --Todd (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
 
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(...) that'll be news to some people here in Canada. Imperial Oil I'm sure will be interested to know that Lucas is trying to squeeze them out of a name! (although, from my readings, I don't think they stand a chance of holding it. It is a widely (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
 
  Re: Interesting Copyright Bits
 
(...) Here's another real-life adventure in the realm of copyright names. When the Olympic games were courted for an appearance here in Seattle, they explained that no business in the area could use the term "Olympic" in it's name whlie they were (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
 
  Re: Interesting Copyright Bits
 
(...) I'd add "and the little TM" but that would just cause a horrible linear progression of ever-smaller TMs that would eventually destroy the Universe. I can't see them taking that chance, at least not until after Episode III. best Lindsay (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)

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