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 Gashrog wrote:
hobojebus wrote:
Gw can't claim space marines they were mentioned first in the book starship troopers which is where power armour also came from, they could however claim astartes as they did make that themselves.


It comes down to who registered it first as well as public perception, not who invented it:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2352743.stm

This. Trademarks don't require "first", or else Windows, Machintosh and Apple could never be trademarked.
   
 
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