Amiga technology and patents ownership ?

[snowman040]

Just wondering is Gateway still owner of Amiga patents ? I've seen some news about licences being sold, but who is THE owner ? And if someone recalls what was the amount of money involved in Gateway's Amiga Technologies buyout ?

[snowman040]

Ok, so I guess attempt of buying all Amiga IP, patents, brand etc. would be real pain in the arse job ? With lawsuits, licences, etc, etc...?

No one answered second part of the question ? How much money Gateway paid for Amiga ? I remember Escom paid 5mil$ for Commodore ?

regards

[snowman040]

First I'd like to thank you all for answering, seems like Amiga story is very complicated

What I really wanted to know is if some company X (for example) would like to buy all Amiga IP, brand name, patents, etc, etc... how complicated it would be, and how much money it would take ? (feel free to guess)

From what I learned so far:

- Brand name and patents are held by Gateway
- Amiga Inc, Amino or whoever licenced brand name and .... ?
- Hyperion licenced Amiga OS rights (or is just developing OS4  for Amiga inc.?)

and it looks like 1000 lawyers can't deal with this mess ...

[snowman040]

bloodline, if you're not a lawyer - you should be  :-D


Ok so, in order to get Amiga name (trademarks / brand) and to start developing new Amiga OS/Hardware, company X should:

- buy Amiga name from Amino, or buy Amino?
- licence or buy IP and patents from Gateway

Is this correct ?

What ammount of money can be involved here ? 50-100mil$,... less? more ? Are there any informations related to Amiga Inc. / Amino stock value ?

[snowman040]

@bloodline

And what about OS rights ? How expensive would it be to buy AmigaOS classic and patents so company X could continue development? (Similar to what Hyperion did, but in more "we own this" type).

And bloodline, could you explain more your opinion that Amiga brand isn't worth that much ? Do you think that some serious investment in Amiga has no sense ?

@koaftder

Well I did hoped for the worst  :-) remembering Escom buyouts and all, got me thinking pesimistic about the numbers... but hey - less money on IP, brand, bla bla - more on development ...  :-D

[snowman040]

Waccoon wrote:

Amiga is never going to stand out on the grounds of technical competence without a freakin' lot of money.

How much money is that ? 200, 500, 900mil$ ?

[snowman040]

Wacoon: so let's say that this legal, Amiga OS, IP, patents, brands, rights hell-mess takes 50mil$ to solve. Would another 50mil$ for development of 3-4 motherboards, 5-6 related products be enough ?

boing: but then, who owns Amiga OS exclusive rights ? :-)