Build up legal precedent cases using small fry … and then go after the big fish.

As for not having ‘a case’.
Yes, they were the original creators/designers.
But were they working for GW/Citadel at that time ?
If so then GW could argue that they do in fact own the design …

Keep in mind that GW is trying real hard not to have designers/authors…[Read more]

@gorram good points – KS will kill projects rather than take risk, and the other companies are EU – more expensive/different legislation than UK.

As for why they haven’t gone after Kromlech, Spellcrow etc, I suspect it is easier to file with Kickstarter’s legal team than start chasing companies outwith the UK.

It sucks, especially when the KS had basically been done. Looking at the two models it seems like they are taking issue with, I can see why the did it. They are designed to ape the originals and it is very close to it. Still, few things that are best for the company are best for the community. Though I doubt anyone who backed that KS have bought a…[Read more]

@somegeezeer – agreed; Kromlech are far more delving into GW territory than the KS was. Nostalgia? KS had it. But those design concepts are so old. Small operation indeed – it would nice if there was a hobbyist who was a lawyer who would grab this torch pro bono…

It’s telling they’ve gone after a one man band rather than anyone larger such as Kromlech or Spellcrow. Themselves hardly million euro businesses but might be able to put up something of a fight.

How can GW own a generic term . And I thought GW changed all the orcs , elves , dwarfs etc to their own versions with their own terminology ,  If you copy GW’s figures I can see a problem . Might be just lawyers being dicks