Genesi officially lost Amiga license Aug 1st

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ssolie

Posted on: 2007/8/3 0:08 #1

Amigans Defender

Looking back at an old Genesi posting we can see Genesi has officially lost all their rights as of August 1st to use any Amiga trademarks as a result of their now terminated contract with Amiga Inc.

From the recent court case filings we know for a fact Amiga Inc. Delaware owns those trademarks. We also know Amiga Inc. has a rather large pile of lawyers ready and willing to take action. Now that the Kent deal fell through they can use that extra cash (assuming it existed of course) to try and take down Genesi for infringement if they felt like it. This at a time when Genesi is trying to get some business started with their fledgling Efika product line (I just can't imagine their cash flow could be positive at this point).

Will Genesi comply?

After a quick check I can still see the "Amiga Digital Environment: A future for the Amiga Community" on Genesi's Power Developer web site. Seems complying isn't something Genesi is planning on doing at this point in time.

Is yet another lawsuit on its way against Genesi?

P.S. How is that for Too Hot to Handle!

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AJS

Re: Genesi officially lost Amiga license Aug 1st

Posted on: 2007/8/3 11:23 #2

Not too shy to talk

@ssolie

Quote:

ssolie wrote:
Looking back at an old Genesi posting we can see Genesi has officially lost all their rights as of August 1st to use any Amiga trademarks as a result of their now terminated contract with Amiga Inc.

From the recent court case filings we know for a fact Amiga Inc. Delaware owns those trademarks. We also know Amiga Inc. has a rather large pile of lawyers ready and willing to take action. Now that the Kent deal fell through they can use that extra cash (assuming it existed of course) to try and take down Genesi for infringement if they felt like it. This at a time when Genesi is trying to get some business started with their fledgling Efika product line (I just can't imagine their cash flow could be positive at this point).

Will Genesi comply?

After a quick check I can still see the "Amiga Digital Environment: A future for the Amiga Community" on Genesi's Power Developer web site. Seems complying isn't something Genesi is planning on doing at this point in time.

Is yet another lawsuit on its way against Genesi?

P.S. How is that for Too Hot to Handle!

maybe they will keep it up there until they get a cease and desist from AInc lawyers

but I think they(the lawyers) are a little bit busy at the moment

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amigacooke

Re: Genesi officially lost Amiga license Aug 1st

Posted on: 2007/8/3 11:52 #3

Just popping in

Looks like the Cold War policy of MAD taken to its logical conclusion.

ssolie

Re: Genesi officially lost Amiga license Aug 1st

Posted on: 2007/8/7 18:35 #4

Amigans Defender

A week later and Genesi still has done nothing on their PowerDeveloper.org web site.

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Billsey

Re: Genesi officially lost Amiga license Aug 1st

Posted on: 2007/8/7 19:17 #5

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@ssolie

You're forgetting something: Only Amiga, Inc. is ever capable of doing anything wrong, and if someone does anything against Amiga, Inc. their motives and actions are immediately and permanently excused because only Amiga, Inc. is ever capable of doing anything wrong.

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Re: Genesi officially lost Amiga license Aug 1st

Posted on: 2007/8/7 22:05 #6

Not too shy to talk

I don't know why Genesi still care about the Amiga name. Maybe they do it only because they like to nag and tease Amiga Inc about it. Maybe they do it because of their history when they tried but failed to buy Amiga.

Today the reputation of the Amiga name is getting more and more damaged and I doubt it is worth anything. Otherwise some company would have bought them to use the name, just look at Commodore.
Sometimes I wish that the name will be buried for good and that everything we remember about it is only in the past and happened before 1994. Today, the name sometimes seems like a rotten corpse to me that someone dug out only to torture it.
Maybe they or Hyperion should find a new name and everyone should stop caring about trademarks. The name is cursed.

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