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Reply To: GW legal threat forces War Banner into a name change

March 30, 2019 at 11:05 am #1369380

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@maledrakh you may well be right and I’m no supporter of companies trading on another’s IP but I don’t think this is what is happening here. Model designs are totally different, there are no fake Space Marines in all but name here.

War Banner state they were founded on the 1st August 2017. They got notice from GW on 1st March 2019. GW haven’t exactly jumped to their own defense here. So what is the cause? Is it down to the increasing success War Banner are having?

Gangs of Rome has been a big success in the low model count skirmish combat game market that GW are seriously intent on muscling in on (Kill Team, Necromunda, etc.), probably feeling that the success of precursor games in this area like Frostgrave has signalled the market has a need they weren’t meeting. Mortal Gods looks like it will have a similar market impact to Gangs of Rome. If so this doesn’t feel justifiable solely on trademark protection grounds. Is there a question over whether it is in fact partly anti-competitive?