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Chapters
00:00 Intro
1:35 Hans im Glück calls Meeple a "household word"
2:18 New names to replace Meeple
2:56 Streisand effect
3:49 Publisher's responsibility
4:23 Boycott
5:31 Other ridiculous trademarks
8:09 Patent of "Tapping"
10:29 Acknowledgements in credits thanking Hans im Glück for use of Meeple
12:27 Spiel des Jahres
13:37 Future of the Meeple
14:38 Insight from a German IP lawyer
16:48 Other comments (Wikipedia, Chess had first meeples?, Crowns in King/Queendomino ‍♀ and Hatred of Foreshadowing)

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Links & sources:

Streisand effect: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Stre...

“Trademark Bully Thwarted: Spots the Space Marine Back Online,” Electronic Frontier Foundation: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/02...

“Lima Sky Claiming Trademark on the Word "Doodle”?,” 148apps.com: https://www.148apps.com/news/limasky...

“The battle for the ‘Taco Tuesday’ trademark is over,” CNN:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/18/busine...

Patent for Trading card game method of play (including “tapping”): https://patents.google.com/patent/US5...

Patent Essentials, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO): https://www.uspto.gov/patents/basics/...

Cancellation of a trademark in Germany by request (page 26), German Patent and Trade Mark Office: https://www.dpma.de/docs/english/bros...

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



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