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Cstott23 I mean I don't know what this will achieve.. Clearly the European trademark is valid, I think it came from the gaming arm which was sold off, and even if the American court decides for , the ruling has no sway in Europe.. They will just have to use a different brand name over here.. Reply
BFG-9000 Well the next rank up from Commodore is Rear Admiral. Below it is Captain, then Commander. But if you are the Commanders, then you are really the Redskins. Reply
TerryLaze Cstott23 said: I mean I don't know what this will achieve.. Clearly the European trademark is valid, I think it came from the gaming arm which was sold off, and even if the American court decides for , the ruling has no sway in Europe.. They will just have to use a different brand name over here.. How is any of that "clearly" ? Also the article says that US company will go to the Italian maybe even EU court to fight this, so this isn't about an american court making any decision. Reply
iguanac64 There was no "gaming arm" of Commodore. There was a European division, but they weren't a separate company and didn't have separate rights to sell off the IP. The ownership of the C64 IP roughly goes: Commodore -> ESCOM -> Tulip -> Yeahronimo Media Ventures -> Commodore Licensing B.V. In 2015 you have this from Wired magazine: "That's where things stood until March, when Massimo Canigiani and Carlo Scattolini registered Commodore Business Machines Limited in the UK. The Italian entrepreneurs claim to have acquired rights for the brand and trademark in the mobile industry in 38 countries, including the US." They have never shown proof that they bought any legal rights from Commodore Licensing B.V. and it appears they just decided to re-register IP that was already owned by someone else and the registrar just let them do it. Now, the actual owners who paid actual $$$ are trying to get their rights back. Additionally, these two have not done anything for the C64 community…mostly just trying to make a quick buck selling a Commodore Android phone and squatting. It looks like Acer holds the copyrights and patents for the Commodore stuff. Then there's one more company called Cloanto that holds the rights to the kickstart roms for the Amiga. Reply
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