Row Blows Up Over Ownership Of 'Space Marine' Term

Tuesday 18th June

Posted at 8:11AM Sunday 10 Feb 2013

UK toymaker Games Workshop has been criticised for asserting a trademark claim to the phrase 'space marines'.

The claim emerged when it was used to get an American ebook about the futuristic soldiers taken off Amazon.

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