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Marvel did seek and was granted registration of the trademark it was using for that title. That registration, however, was not granted until several months after the title had ceased publication. In the mid-80s, on the basis of that registration, Marvel contested registration of the mark Hero Games was using at that time for its Champions role-playing game. The trademark board took notice of Marvel's abandonment of their earlier mark, and cancelled that registration.
- ↑ Griepp, Milton (August 16, 2016). "ICV2 Interview: Marvel's David Gabriel – Part 3". ICv2 . Archived from the original on August 21, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
I think I probably said to Tom Brevoort, I think this book should be called The Champions. And he, of course, got a tear in his 40-something year-old eye, and said, 'it'll never happen.' And I said, 'someone told me I would never get a million unit sales of Star Wars, so we're going to make this happen.' I badgered our legal guys and we got everybody who needed to be involved in getting the name back, and we got it back.
- ↑ "Publishers Can't Use Certain Characters". NewsWatch. The Comics Journal . No. 154. Nov 1992. pp. 20, 22.
- ↑ "Heroic Offers 'Deep Discount'". NewsWatch. The Comics Journal. No. 154. Nov 1992. p. 24.
- ↑ Brady, Matt (4 June 2007). "Marvel's The Champions becomes The Order". Newsarama. Archived from the original on Jul 13, 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-05.
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