Drama in the board games industry (Meeplegate)

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0:00 - Intro
0:46 - History of the word “Meeple”
2:29 - Hans im Glück trademarks Meeple
5:13 - History of the shape of the Meeple
8:04 - Hans im Glück sends Cease & Desist letter to small, independent publisher re their game Meeple Inc.
11:08 - Americans apply for US trademark of Meeple
13:16 - Support the indie publisher’s game Tabletop Inc!
14:04 - The meaning of “Hans im Glück”

Theme music outro by @huddy_t

Links:

Support Maddie and Joe's game Tabletop Inc. (formerly Meeple Inc.) here: https://gamefound.com/en/projects/cog...

Meeple Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meeple

Texarcana article about the creation of the word Meeple: https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news...

Original forum post referencing the word Meeple, by Alison Hansel: https://web.archive.org/web/201011302...

Back of Carcasonne box, 1st edition (showing the word Followers): https://wikicarpedia.com/images/4/4a/...

“The word ‘meeple’ is being trademarked in the US in reaction to ‘cease and desist’ activity from Carcassonne publisher Hans Im Glueck,” BoardGameWire article: https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2...

“When trade marks become generic,” German Patent and Trade Mark Office:
https://www.dpma.de/english/our_offic...

“Intellectual Property Law Targets the Term ‘Meeple’,” International Property Law Association article: https://iipla.org/intellectual-proper...

Europa board game featuring meeple shaped players piece in 1998: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2...

Sumera board game featuring meeple shaped player pieces in 1999: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/5...

Top Secret Spies featuring meeple shaped player pieces in 1984: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Sec...

EU trademark showing it was partially rejected: https://euipo.europa.eu/eSearchCLW/#a...

EU Meeple (word) trademark details: https://euipo.europa.eu/eSearch/#deta...

EU Meeple (shape) trademark details:
https://euipo.europa.eu/eSearch/#deta...

Hans im Glück’s German Meeple trademark registration: https://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister...

German Trademark and Patent Office FAQ: https://www.dpma.de/english/trade_mar...

Hans im Glück folk tale on Youtube: Hans im Glück - Märchen und Geschicht...

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