I want to wish them well - but I don't see why you would want the Renegade legion Trademark if you can't sue the mechanics, story or background. TOG isn't even the Terran Overlord Government and there is no Commonwealth - and while they may get the TM for the R symbol, the TOG symbol is an actual design - with art - and that screams copyright more than trademark.
I get that BSG are made up of fans and that they want to "continue" Renegade Legion...and I admire them for that and want them to succeed - but is it Renegade Legion if you can't use the art, the aliens, the story, thenm tech, the vehicles, if there is no TOG, no Commwonwealth, if the game mechanics are very different....
They've slapped a few RL trademarks on a game and history of their own design - and I don't see the point.
Statistics:Posted by TenakaFurey — Mon Mar 15, 2021 4:12 pm
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Doing some digging the address for BSG is the same as the Flying Boat Brewing Company and Joshua C Perian is a principal of FBBC.
Statistics:Posted by tytalan — Tue Nov 17, 2020 7:54 pm
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Statistics:Posted by Boneguard — Fri Nov 13, 2020 11:33 pm
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https://www.bizapedia.com/fl/budgie-smuggler-games.html
https://www.bizapedia.com/fl/renegade-legion-llc.html
Looks like a one-person LLC (from the latter link) by the name of Joshua Perian.
https://www.bizapedia.com/people/joshua-perian.html
Who also co-owns a brewery.
https://www.bizapedia.com/fl/flying-boa ... y-llc.html
https://flyingboatbrewing.com/
For those who are not aware, budgie smuggler is an Australian term for "very tight" men's speedos or swimming trunks. A word of caution if you look this up on the Interwebs, of course. (Those of us from or originally from Down Under have already had our corneas destroyed from such sights, so we're safe.
)Looks like there is a Matt Alexander as well, who seems to be from Australia, so the company name makes more sense now.
From one of their Alpha books, their claimed legalese:
Renegade Legion, “R”, TOG, Centurion, Interceptor, Leviathan, Legatus and
Xenovita are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Budgie Smuggler
Games, in the United States and/or other countries.
Copyright © 2020 Budgie Smuggler Games. All rights reserved.
And their design team:
Developer
Joshua C. Perian
Matt Alexander
Art Director & Designer
Dale Eadeh
Lead Artist
Jordan Cuffie
Assistant Rules Developer
John Haward
Editor & Designer
Jena Perian
Imperator Imperio, The First Renegade
Harry Romulus Alexander
Statistics:Posted by Anunnaki — Thu Nov 12, 2020 4:18 pm
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But this came out of left field. We don't know who's doing this, or how they got a license (if they actually have one).
So... *puzzled shrug*.
I realize that isn't much help, but it's all we have right now.
Statistics:Posted by Mataxes — Thu Nov 12, 2020 4:13 am
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