MechWarrior Reboot in jeopardy?

[Bigeyez]

The MechWarrior Reboot could soon be in a trademark dispute with Harmony Gold (Robotech)

Source [http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/102/1021438p1.html]

So far it's too early to say but if this spills over into a real trademark infringement battle the entire game could be derailed or certain mechs, logos, etc, will have to be pulled from the final product.

My personal opinon is that it's a bunch of BS. So Harmony Gold's argument is that BattleTech made in 1984 is just now copying RoboTech made in 1985, when it's pretty much a known fact that both series' have had very, very similar robots throughout their entire life spans...Does this make any sense?

Meh, frivilous law suit is frivilous.

Edit: I'd also like to add that there has been a long history of RoboTech vs BattleTech disputes throughout the course of both universes. It's kind of funny/sad that after almost 30 years both franchises still can't settle their disputes. It does always seem to be RoboTech trying to come after BattleTech though.

 

[More Fun To Compute]

They changed the designs ages ago because the designs were very derivative. All they would have to do to avoid legal problems is go back to the more recent Mech designs.

I assumed that they had sorted out this legal stuff but maybe they were just trying it on. The game is not sure thing anyway as when they announced it they said they still needed funding.

 

[thiosk]

I miss mechwarrior but was not aware of a competing brand.

Give me my ragnarok and tell me what the ambient temperature is!

 

[Emphraim]

I hate Harmony Gold with a passion. It's because of them that Macross can't be legally distributed it America. Just like the Battletech disputes, the Macross dispute has lasted for over 30 years at this point.Interesting to see that they try to cause disputes between themselves and Battletech and Studio Nue.