Infringement of AmigaOS trademark

[persia]

It's Amigo OS. male.  Amiga OS is female.  Maybe they should get together and produce some offspring.

[persia]

Oooooo, a possible trademark violation in China?  Who'd a thought?

[persia]

Unless you are really big, a Trademark only covers certain industries, the ones you are actively producing products in.  An Amiga washing machine would not be covered by Amiga Inc's trademark, but of course a toaster might....

But if you are well known and have good lawyers then it's different.  A Microsoft Washing Machine would be hit by so many lawyers it's head would be in  a permanent spin cycle....

Hello All,

Would like to see Hyperion take these people to court! HA HA

http://www.amigonefuneralhome.com/

Thanks in advance,
Merv Stent

[persia]

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.

And Apple is a generic term for a type of fruit, your point is?

[persia]

http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4802:kynwu9.2.8

http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4802:kynwu9.2.12

[persia]

@persia

You can't link to uspto searches directly, that's why i added a screenshot.

Basically the trademark Amiga for computers is alive and registered to Amiga Inc Delaware and Commodore USA.  Since CUSA is dead and it's the wrong AI, it will be interesting if they can be renewed.  

Amiga Inc is still producing something computer related, games for Blackberry, so they likely meet the activity requirement....

[persia]

So Dammy any of the X64s still available or were they all shipped off to Italy?

[persia]

So tell us.  Barry's dead, the company liquidated, it does no harm to anyone to disclose what plans Barry had.

C=USA closed because of Barry's death and the family did not want to continue it.  Had Barry survived his cancer, you would be shocked to see what Barry had arranged after a specific law suit was finished (final judgement was Dec of 2013).

[persia]

BigBenAussie?  He's sort of disappeared since CUSA folded.  He was close to Barry and likely the only one who shared his vision.  But he'd need financial backers.

The X64 was inspired but very niche, ultimately Barry failed to establish a non-niche product.

I was going to release stuff this past December, but someone else (who also knew Barry) might be attempting something so I'm going to hold my tongue on this subject awhile longer.  I don't think I should rock any boats right now.

[persia]

So's Apple and Windows, why don't you call your generic Linux theme thing "Apple Windows Linux?"

Actually, it was Commodore Amiga, two words that met the criteria.  Commodore Amiga is not generic, Amiga is.

[persia]

Amiga, Apple, Windows are what are called "Arbitrary Marks," generic words user for something other than their normal meaning.  These marks are legally enforceable.  Building a business on a pirated name means you believe your business will never amount to anything worth sueing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark_distinctiveness#Arbitrary_marks

Actually, it was Commodore Amiga, two words that met the criteria.  Commodore Amiga is not generic, Amiga is.