I think the Space Marines are the only part of the IP they actively bother protecting any more, but that's just because the guy who created GW's "Techno-gothic Viking/Roman space-knights with big quarter-wedge shoulder pads and Darth Vader helmets", Jes Goodwin, is still poking his nose into the head offices every now and then to make sure no-one's screwing with his stuff.
Also Tau were just unceremoniously inserted to appeal to the growing anime scene yadda yadda yadda
*Also my favourite GW sculptor, responsible for the second-recent and best incarnation of the 'Nids.
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