AROS to drop Amiga from it's acronym

[dammy]

Since Amiga Inc has done nothing to defend its trademark in the past, it has effectively abandoned it.

Oh, but it has.  Remember when Gary Peak when on a rampage about sites (like AO) required to have a (free) license for using any AI's IP?  That will qualify nicely for defending their trademark.  If you want to spend the cash on a team of lawyers attempting to remove AI's trademark(s), go for it.

Speaking of AI and Lawyers, latest chapter can be read here.

Glad AROS is steering clear of that mess.

Dammy

[mongo]

Oh, but it has. Remember when Gary Peak when on a rampage about sites (like AO) required to have a (free) license for using any AI's IP? That will qualify nicely for defending their trademark.

A one time thing isn't good enough. Defending one's trademark has to be done continuously.

Not to mention the fact that they have, as far as I know, never taken any action with regards to AROS, even though they have had complete knowledge of it's existence since the beginning.

[dammy]

A one time thing isn't good enough. Defending one's trademark has to be done continuously.

AFAIK, AI has been active in taking down sites and auctions down that infringed on their IP for awhile.  So what actions AI has taken, we really don't know how often.  I suspect it's enough for the courts, if it was ever challenged.

Not to mention the fact that they have, as far as I know, never taken any action with regards to AROS, even though they have had complete knowledge of it's existence since the beginning.

That is because they couldn't touch AROS.  They made some "request" some time ago,which AROS complied with. The only remotely questionable use of anything AI related was AROS' name which now has been changed. AROS does not use AI's trademarks nor any AI's IP, including any code.  

Dammy

[weirdami]

IIRC, Wayne has a written license to use the above on this site from AI.

I dunno about written, but I do remember something way back where someone at Amiga said Amiga wasn't going to go around making websites stop using the amiga name. I think it might have been McEwen on one of those UGN streaming audio chat things from an amiga show.

In any case, without looking deeper, and on first impression, removing "amiga" seemed like a retaliation rather than a protective measure. :-/