Actually, they didnt stop me. I stopped myself because I realized what an incredible dead end it was. Sure, I could have cashed in on nostalgia but seeing how Amiga Inc and Hyperion had abused and misrepresented the brand it was a dead end. Could I rebuild A brand called Amiga? Sure but that would take a lot of effort, money, and time. And in order to be totally independant of the screwball that represent AmigaOS now, I would have to wait for both companies to die and as long as they just have enough to keep a domain name and a post office box, then I would be associated with them and both would have to be gone to establish disassociation.
AmigaOS, AmigaOne are eligible for trademark, they are unique descriptors. You cannot trademark generic terms or generic objects, like a checkered ball. Used all over the place, the word Amiga is a generic term for female friend, you cant trademark that and besides in the US the trademarks are dead and they would be invalidated.
I have offered Mr. Cohen and Mr. Hermans ample oppurtunity to go to court with me and lets put it to the test, as of yet they are unwilling to do that.
Go ahead and shake your chains, make your claims. Its not going to change the facts. You are free to live in whatever alternate reality you would like.
Well I do think it is fairly obvious that different OS's can't have the same name.
And also, after the long legal battle Hyperion had, and all the money used on it, they should defend their rights. If not, it would have been a waste of time and money.
Obviously they do defend it, if not, a guy like Black Lab Linux could have kept using the amiga name. Thankfully that was stopped.
