Brainwaves Episode 145 – Trademark Trouble

The team of 3 are back again like a renegade master. Only up to date references on this show. It’s another bumper cast as we cover the Spiel des Jahres, trademarks you won’t believe exist, and people on the move in the industry. All this, and more, on episode 145 of Brainwaves. 

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News Digest 145

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Spiel des Jahres Nominations

https://www.spiel-des-jahres.de/nominierte-spiele-2024.html

https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/162128/spiel-des-jahres-nominations-for-2024-captain-flip

Martina Fuchs Interview

Meeple trademarks 

https://gamefound.com/en/projects/cogito-ergo-meeple/meeple-inc/updates/9

https://web.archive.org/web/20101130212607/http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Unity_Games/message/2301

EU trademark: https://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister/marke/registerHABM?AKZ=016791741&CURSOR=0

German trademark: https://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister/marke/register/3020211016416/DE 

US trademark attempt: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=98576863&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch

Hachette Boardgames UK and Laurence King partner

https://www.hachetteboardgames.co.uk

Updates

Dicebreaker broken

Evil Genius games continue to live up to half of their name 

https://evilgeniusgames.com/blog/our-technology-code-of-ethics/?ref=rascal.news

https://www.rascal.news/rpg-publisher-that-promised-not-to-use-web3-technology-in-their-business-does-it-anyway

TTWU negotiations

https://www.rascal.news/tabletop-workers-united-negotiations-stalled-by-lawyers-belligerence-and-subsequent-vacation-2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbmYN8ZiMRI&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rascal.news%2F&source_ve_path=MzY4NDIsMjg2NjY&feature=emb_logo

https://aftermath.site

News

UKGE People’s Choice Awards

https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/content/news/peoples-choice-awards-2024

Jogo do Ano

https://www.spielportugal.org/jogo-do-ano

Game Brewer is Closing

X-Wing and Armada ending

https://www.atomicmassgames.com/transmission/update-on-star-wars-x-wing-and-star-wars-armada/

People on the Move

Liz Davidson becomes solo game specialist for Leder Games

James Hewitt and Sophie Wiliams join Warcradle 

https://blog.warcradle.com/blog/welcoming-sophie-williams-and-james-hewitt-to-warcradle-studios?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR02vK1h_H5i3VqLN5Wh2qJkDvsJ9pPE_vwoq_UOMIXUoMKMzjMFCLz5Di4_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw&format=amp

Jobs, Opportunities, and Events

https://www.facebook.com/groups/TabletopJobs

Tabletop Scotland

Patreon Shoutouts

Kevin Bertram

James Naylor

https://naylorgames.com

Shaun Newman

game-a-lot.fun/en

facebook.com/gamealotboardgames

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Sir Meeple

Outro

Medieval game pieces

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