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Offline persia

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Re: WHO owns Amiga now? Are they still active??
« on: May 28, 2009, 09:40:03 AM »
In an auction their would be more interest in the name, which means female friend in Portuguese and Spanish, than the company....

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Perhaps an auction would be a viable option.
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Re: WHO owns Amiga now? Are they still active??
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2009, 05:08:01 AM »
Amiga dot Com is worth much more as a Portuguese/Spanish dating service than as a technology company.  Any bankruptcy sale  would result in the domain name being sold for several tens of thousands of dollars and the company and technology for a few cents.  Amiga Inc have registered AmigaInc.com, so they may have contingency plans on selling the domain name to keep functioning.


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Amiga Inc. does not own the word, "Amiga."  They own the trademark for the use of that word  with respect to technology.  If someone else wants to come up with a brand of chocolate bars and call them "Amiga" or a new shampoo called "Amiga," they may lay claim to such a trademark right now without paying Amiga Inc. a penny.  

For better or worse, I think the Amiga trademark still has quite a high value.  I would sell my house for it, but I have a feeling that I would need about 10-20 more such houses!
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