In the Future, All Space Marines Will Be Warhammer 40K Space Marines

[phenom_woman]

Originally posted by haikujaguar at In the Future, All Space Marines Will Be Warhammer 40K Space Marines

In mid-December, Games Workshop told Amazon that I’d infringed on the trademark they’ve claimed for the term “space marine” by titling my original fiction novel Spots the Space Marine. In response, Amazon blocked the e-book from sale [original post and

Comments

[satyrnine]

Send the letter to Anonymous and watch the hilarity insue!

[scarybaldguy]

As far as I'm aware, the term "space marine" was originated by id Software and has since entered the realm of generification, like xerox and kleenex. GW is being a whiny bunch of pissants with no legal standing.