[Rq-rules] More on publishing RQ gear

[Peter Brink]

Nick.Middleton at invensys.com skrev:
> 
> Err, as far as I am aware the reason the revised _Hero Wars_ was titled
> _HeroQuest_ was because Issaries were told by Hasbro that they (Hasbro)
> regarded the Trademark as lapsed and would not contest Issaries registering
> it.
> 
> And if anyone in the UK has a claim to the trademark _HeroQuest_ on the
> basis of active use, it's the LARP system 'HeroQuest' which has been
> running since the late eighties...
> 

Don't you mix up Heroquest with Runequest? See "The Creation of Hero 
Wars: 1998-2000" in  the "A brief history of game" column at rpg.net: 
http://www.rpg.net/columns/briefhistory/briefhistory4.phtml

Btw Issaries most likely don't own the trade mark "Runequest" in Europe. 
It's not registered anywhere here and based on active use and the 
opinion of the relevant market I'd say that Chaosium is a more probable 
owner than either Issaries or Mongoose...


/Peter Brink