May I interject with the minor point that I believe that Mentorn owns the trademarks not the BBC.
Potayto potarto tomayto tomarto, let's call the whole thing off!

With the Battlebots legal case ruining ownership of most of the Robot combat concept and premise, surely legal cases would rely on passing off and trademarked branding?

Quote Originally Posted by teamstorm
I can confirm that the Robot Wars format is indeed trademarked - and vigorously defended.
That sounds like personal experience, Ed.