Amiga Case Designer Faces Intimidation

[Kesa]

Oh the irony. The mighty CUSA with their $30 Million advertising budget and Commodore Os Vision brought down by a man in his shed! Now who said the backyard inventor was dead.

[cgutjahr]

Of course there is no Amiga sticker coming with the case.
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Do they really think I was going to include Amiga stickers?

No, but strictly speaking you are using a registered trademark to advertise a commercial product. You can't do that unless you have a license for said trademark.

(Don't get me wrong, I'm just explaining what Barry is trying to say - he's not really good at all this computer business stuff, so I'm helping out whenever I can)

Edit: Ah, it wasn't Barry but Leo - missed that, sorry.

[TheDaddy]

No, but strictly speaking you are using a registered trademark to advertise a commercial product. You can't do that unless you have a license for said trademark.

(Don't get me wrong, I'm just explaining what Barry is trying to say - he's not really good at all this computer business stuff, so I'm helping out whenever I can)

I see that although it's not a commercial product just yet (let's say a proof of concept) and the stickers are for illustration purposes only with notes regarding the ownership of those names, I have complied with his "gentle request" if Hyperion or ACube ask me to remove theirs I'll do that too if not they probably enjoy and are grateful for the free exposure

[OlafS3]

And I can assure you that the Aros community feels honoured too and appreciates your efforts...

[Akiko]

@TheDaddy

I notice Hyperion have recently had some officially licensed Boing Ball stickers made to help promote OS4, maybe they can be persuaded to make some more variations , e.g: "Powered by AmigaOS" which could be sold separately and used legally alongside your own X500 branding.

In my opinion the AmigaOS trademarks with Boing ball are as recognizable and even more relevant to the Next-gen "Amiga" scene in 2012 than Amiga branding alone.

[runequester]

I'd be all over a case like that. It is sexy as hell

Also **** the leeches.

[BigBenAussie]

To answer Franko from the other thread, this is just a warning that he is committing an obvious IP violation.
Most likely as a deliberate provocation, given his history of attacks.
I have no desire to see anyone, even one of our harshest of critics, suffer at the end of the law.
You may not respect our company, but trademark law is something else.

[Gulliver]

To answer Franko from the other thread, this is just a warning that he is committing an obvious IP violation.
Most likely as a deliberate provocation, given his history of attacks.
I have no desire to see anyone, even one of our harshest of critics, suffer at the end of the law.
You may not respect our company, but trademark law is something else.

Please post on an apropiate PC forum... and fu*k off
Again, you do not own an IP, you just have a license.

[rebraist]

This all means your case is simply more beautiful than those mac mini clones...
Try to see if they want to buy your project...
And as someone said: "I never saw a wolf barking at a chihuhua, usually it happens the opposite."

[commodorejohn]

To answer Franko from the other thread, this is just a warning that he is committing an obvious IP violation.
Most likely as a deliberate provocation, given his history of attacks.
I have no desire to see anyone, even one of our harshest of critics, suffer at the end of the law.

"Nice site you've got there. Be a shame if something happened to it."
 - BigBenAussie

[Darrin]

Sounds like a friendly request to me...

I grew up around lawyers; that wasn't even slightly intimidating..  ;-)

desiv

No, a friendly request is done in private via PM or email and involves words like "please", "thank you" and "would you mind".

[Akiko]

To answer Franko from the other thread, this is just a warning that he is committing an obvious IP violation.
Most likely as a deliberate provocation, given his history of attacks.
I have no desire to see anyone, even one of our harshest of critics, suffer at the end of the law.
You may not respect our company, but trademark law is something else.

Maybe you should answer him over on AW.net where he made those comments, as I recall Franko is no longer a member here.

[bbond007]

I see that although it's not a commercial product just yet (let's say a proof of concept) and the stickers are for illustration purposes only with notes regarding the ownership of those names, I have complied with his "gentle request" if Hyperion or ACube ask me to remove theirs I'll do that too if not they probably enjoy and are grateful for the free exposure

I would have waited for a response from C= USA attorney. She looks pretty hot...

[Darrin]

@Darrin

Maybe you should edit the topic name before they whine about the word A****.

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redfox

LOL.  I'll wait to hear from their lawyers first.  

[runequester]

Does the CUSA license apply to photoshopped images? I was planning on photoshopping an amiga logo on my wang, and I don't want a lawyer to try and confiscate it.

[CritAnime]

To answer Franko from the other thread, this is just a warning that he is committing an obvious IP violation.
Most likely as a deliberate provocation, given his history of attacks.
I have no desire to see anyone, even one of our harshest of critics, suffer at the end of the law.
You may not respect our company, but trademark law is something else.

Which is fair enough but if this was the case then you should have contacted theDaddy via PM and not blurted it out publicly. Or even sent him and email with all this in it. To me, from what you have written, it seems like you have targetted theDaddy publicly in a case of sour grapes.