Message from Tortuga Bay

[ThaneOfTas]

I'm wondering if there was actually anything filed or if it was more GWs lawyers sent them a letter telling them to knock it off and listing what they would take legal action against. My understanding is that's the normal way companies operate with IP stuff, cheaper to send a scary letter than it is to actually file a suit, and the risk of a law suit is that you might lose, so if they can get the changes that they want without that they will.

[Dr_Ruminahui]

My expectation is that there would have been a demand letter (in this context commonly referred to as a cease and desist) without any court filings.  Not only is this, as mentioned, cheaper, but beginning the court process triggers a whole set of deadlines and the requirement that things be carried forward or having your claim die - so, triggering additional expense plus potentially limiting your negotiation options.

[ThaneOfTas]

So the most likely outcome will be that Tortuga removes or modifies some of the worst offending designs (most likely some of the new BA stuff), and then business as usual.

[crimsondave]

I bit the bullet and bought the Primaris size Ezekiel.  I figure that one wasn't gonna make it.  Got 5 hammer shield and 5 claws Cataphractii terminators for my Deathwing too.

[Antarius]

Wow, that is pretty blatant, isn’t it?

[ThaneOfTas]

Just as an interesting possibly related development, when going to check the Tortuga Patreon page and hour or so ago, I noticed it is currently "under review" whatever that means.

[Xenith]

All fine until they started ripping off IP instead of making kits that GW dont. Learn from Chapterehouse, people! 

[Evil Eye]

13 hours ago, Xenith said:

All fine until they started ripping off IP instead of making kits that GW dont. Learn from Chapterehouse, people! 

To be fair, IIRC Chapterhouse got nobbled because they (rather idiotically) decided to call their Tyranid boneswords "Tyranid boneswords" which Tortuga Bay didn't. There were plenty of other totally-not-40K manufacturers from the same era who escaped GW's legal hammer by just using alternative nomenclature.