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

April 3, 2019 at 10:32 pm #1371785

limburger

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@phaidknott : there already is an ‘Angry Hamster publising’ company ( https://www.angryhamsterpublishing.com/ )
I do agree that copyright & trademarking have resulted in some rather silly (and stupid) situations.
OTOH … there are companies out there who will try anything to leech of a popular franchise (like 40k) instead of trying to be creative.
The sad news is that the laws (as they are) tend to favour the companies with big pockets and plenty of resources.

@frankelee :
Given that they mention that “..(we) have worked with GW to reach a satisfactory conclusion” I kind of doubt GW sent in the big lawyers wielding cease&desist guns.
OTOH … even a friendly letter from GW’s legal department (‘would you kindly rename your company as it infringes on our trademark(s)’ ) will have enough weight to make anyone reconsider.

Trying to win a legal battle that results in the death of your company is something that won’t help anyone pay their bills.