Who owns the terminus “ space leatherneck ” ? According toWikipedia , the full term was first used in 1932 in a story called “ Captain Brink of the Space Marines ” by Bob Olsen — but now , Warhammer 40 K owner Games Workshop is claim to have a hallmark on the longstanding condition .
M.C.A. Hogarth has been selling a serial calledSpots the Space Marine , which is discover as “ Pollyanna conform to Starship Troopers . ” But now , Amazon.com has decided to stop selling Hogarth ’s e - books because of a claim fromGames Workshopthat Hogarth was encroach on their trademark .
As Hogarthnotes :
If you go to the Trademarks Database and attend up the word “ space marine ” you ’ll find the Games Workshop owns a stylemark on the term “ space marine , ” but it only covers the follow good and services : IC 028 . US 022 . G & S : board games , parlor game , war games , hobby games , miniature models and toy of buildings , scene , figures , automobiles , vehicle , plane , trains and card games and paint , sold therewith .
Fiction is n’t included in that lean , which means Games Workshop has no dry land on which to accuse me of trademark infringement .
I did n’t get my usance of that term from Games Workshop . I got it from Robert Heinlein . Apparently the first use of the terminal figure was in 1932 . E.E. Smith used it , among others . Also there are other novel on Amazon being sold that have “ space leatherneck ” in the title . I do n’t know why Games Workshop decided to sound off about Spots in especial , but my guessing is because the Kickstarter made it a little higher - profile than the intermediate indie offering .
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