The Downward Spiral of Amiga Incorporated

[Rassilon]

After my little outburst last week about A.org I have calmed down

The article above is on the whole fair, although ther are two points that I feel require  a little mention:

1) It doesn't mention that Genesi went after the Amiga trademark to cause Amiga problems.

2) The mention of Amiga's countersuit is valid, but the comments and quotes shown afterwoods are only there to agrevate, and add little if any to the topic.

3) According to the articles breakdown of the original Amiga/Genesi contract (and I am only going on the words here as I have not seeen the original) it says that:

The contract states that future Thendic devices may be added to this list, but those devices would require the approval of Amiga Inc. to be so added.

Surely thats means that if Amiga do not wish to approve a device to add to the list they do not have to, thus rendering Genesi's case irrelevent?

Rassilon

[Rassilon]

@takemehomegrandma

the reason that Genesi's attempt at getting the trademark should have been mentioned is because of exactly what you said:

Hehe, come on, do you *really* think that Genesi for a single moment really thought they had a chance to aquire the trademarks by sending in that form? That was just for the laughs

Genesi did it to cause trouble for Amiga inc - the article is about Amiga and the troubles they had - your statement goes to show that their troubles were not just caused by bad management. Now before you say they should have renewed the trademark, well people under pressure forget things, we are after all human!

@ Bill Hoggett

bbrv said MANY times on Amiga.org/Ann.lu that they were trying to get the trademarks, so therefore it is factual. Someone even posted their application on Ann.lu IIRC

As for the extra comments all they illustrate is that Bill McEwen did not know the finer details of the suit filed by his lawyer, not uncommon when dealing with the ins and outs of corporate law.

Rassilon

[Rassilon]

@Warface

If you read what I wrote carefully you will see that I am not blaming Genesi for Amiga forgetting to renew their trademark, I am however blaming Genesi for trying to take advantage of the situation just to make Amiga's situation worse!

[Rassilon]

@takemehomegrandma

It may have been a red troll as you put it who pointed out that Genesi had not registered Pegsos or Genesi, but it was bbrv that tried to register the Amiga trademark.

It may not have caused major troubles for Amiga Inc, but it was 1 extra trouble on top of what they already had. Some could call that malicious.

Its not even good business practice, because as you again put it

Genesi knew that they would not *actually get* the trademark

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So their only motivation was to cause trouble.

Rassilon