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Re: Its there C-USA will sell A1000 A2000 A3000..under Workbench 5.0
Posted on 13-Dec-2010 15:53:11
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@Thom_Holwerda: not to mention it took hundreds of talented people several years of work to create Android and/or webOS... Seeing they can't even create a simple nice-looking website, I doubt very much they could release any sort of OS... even though they had the money.

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Re: Its there C-USA will sell A1000 A2000 A3000..under Workbench 5.0
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I am not the one who is supporting some scam company that is breaking the law.


That gives you no right telling me that I am stupid here ... Got it?

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Re: Its there C-USA will sell A1000 A2000 A3000..under Workbench 5.0
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I am not the one who is supporting some scam company that is breaking the law.


C=USA is no bigger, as you name it, "scam", company than Hyperion!

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Re: Its there C-USA will sell A1000 A2000 A3000..under Workbench 5.0
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@Tomas

Hmmmm, "scam company" ? I would define that as "takes money without delivering goods"

AFAIK noone has yet paid NotC=USA a single ct. But on the other side......

"breaking the law", now if your talking bout the use of trademarks in competition to Hyperion's licence, those are not written into any "law" but just a in a contract (the settlement) between 2 companies (AInc and Hyperion) whole different matter.

Wether that settlement has been broken by AInc/NotC=USA or wether it's even valid at all can only be determintated by bringing it up to (yet another) civil court.

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Re: Its there C-USA will sell A1000 A2000 A3000..under Workbench 5.0
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Hmmmm, "scam company" ? I would define that as "takes money without delivering goods"

AFAIK noone has yet paid NotC=USA a single ct. But on the other side......

"breaking the law", now if your talking bout the use of trademarks in competition to Hyperion's licence, those are not written into any "law" but just a in a contract (the settlement) between 2 companies (AInc and Hyperion) whole different matter.

Wether that settlement has been broken by AInc/NotC=USA or wether it's even valid at all can only be determintated by bringing it up to (yet another) civil court.

My definition is different than yours then.. It is misleading to sell these systems as Amigas running Workbench when they are in fact most likely running a flavour of linux which has nothing to do with Amiga at all.
Workbench is a major component of Amiga OS, so it would be a breach of some laws if they actually call the OS Workbench 5.

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Re: Its there C-USA will sell A1000 A2000 A3000..under Workbench 5.0
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I thought it was called Wanderer or something along those lines?? If it has Workbench in it then they are breaking the law as well, which i doubt is the case anyways.

Either way big difference to use workbench as a name for a OS...


If you don't believe me, go and try it yourself. EDIT: Better still:

http://mama.indstate.edu/users/nova/arosshow/AROS_built_on_AROS.jpg

Unless you're 100% sure someone is breaking the law, then don't make serious accusations like that.

Chris

Last edited by clebin on 13-Dec-2010 at 04:31 PM.
Last edited by clebin on 13-Dec-2010 at 04:29 PM.

 
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Re: Its there C-USA will sell A1000 A2000 A3000..under Workbench 5.0
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@Tomas

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I am not the one who is supporting some scam company that is breaking the law.


Which company is that?

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Re: Its there C-USA will sell A1000 A2000 A3000..under Workbench 5.0
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@Tomas

Not more misleading as every TV-commercial ....

In the end you (should) get what you paid for (and what was promised). A crappy PC with Linux and a few odd-window-decoration named after a 25 year old desktop.

Maybe notnice, but still far far away from deserving "scam".

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Re: Its there C-USA will sell A1000 A2000 A3000..under Workbench 5.0
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@Tomas

but we have seen millions cases lkie that, rebranding stuff is a common practice. alas. and it is perfectly legal. if cusa have legal titles to use trademarks involved or use names that none can lagally pervent them from, then they are not beaking the law, only your particular expectations and/or maybe illussions. grow up and see the difference.

not that i want anything from them, cusa.

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I thought it was called Wanderer or something along those lines?? If it has Workbench in it then they are breaking the law as well, which i doubt is the case anyways.

Either way big difference to use workbench as a name for a OS...


If you don't believe me, go and try it yourself. The file-manager is called Wanderer, but AROS does have a "Workbench screen".

Unless you're 100% sure someone is breaking the law, then don't make serious accusations like that.

EDIT: Better still:

http://mama.indstate.edu/users/nova/arosshow/AROS_built_on_AROS.jpg

Chris

Either way it is a BIG difference when you call the entire OS Workbench when it is a direct COMPETITOR of Hyperion/Amiga OS.

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@wawa
I have seen companies being sued for less.

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Re: Its there C-USA will sell A1000 A2000 A3000..under Workbench 5.0
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Not more misleading as every TV-commercial ....

In the end you (should) get what you paid for (and what was promised). A crappy PC with Linux and a few odd-window-decoration named after a 25 year old desktop.

Maybe notnice, but still far far away from deserving "scam".

Then what if someone buys this because they saw both the name Amiga and Workbench and then finds out it is just a Linux distro?

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@Tomas

as tramiel said: buisness is war. but its not of our concern. we havve no part in it.

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Posted on 13-Dec-2010 16:34:57
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"Workbench" in relation to the *original* Amiga appears to be a dead trademark if you search through TESS at the USPTO. It was first registered in 1990 by:

Quote:
Commodore-Amiga, Inc. CORPORATION CALIFORNIA 1200 Wilson Drive West Chester PENNSYLVANIA 19380


Last known owner was:

Quote:
AMIGA DEVELOPMENT LLC LTD LIAB CO BY ASSIGNMENT DELAWARE 600 NORTH DERBY LANE NORTH SIOUX CITY SOUTH DAKOTA 57049


It has been a dead trademark since January 3, 2004. However, Cloanto got clever and registered for the Workbench trademark on June 13, 2006, listed under:

Quote:
IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: Computer operating programs; Computer operating systems; Computer software for emulating computer operating systems on personal computers; Operating system programs. FIRST USE: 19971007. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19971007


From my limited knowledge of US trademark law, it would mean that C-USA needs permission from Cloanto in order to use this trademark. Of course, as far as I know, you're free to use whatever trademark you want *until* the owners ask you not to, so as long as Cloanto is okay with it (and for now, they are), C-USA is NOT breaking ANY law by using the Workbench trademark.

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Morality and legality aren't necessarily the same. The legal situation is a total mess, so who knows what they're allowed to do? Do you...? EDIT: It seems Thom has dug up a likely answer!

Chris

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Then what if someone buys this because they saw both the name Amiga and Workbench and then finds out it is just a Linux distro?

nothing. it isnt forbidden. cought dumb. what yould you expect.

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*shrug* Tha same as the guy who found out that his new "AmigaOne" can't boot his Lotos-Turbo-Esprit-floppy

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@wawa
I have seen companies being sued for less.


the question is if succesfully. but i have nothing against that. sue them to death. whos first? you?

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@Thom_Holwerda
thanks for clearing that up..
Sounds like the system is completely ####ed up then.

I for one certainly hope they never got any license from Cloanto.
Even if what they are doing is technically legal it is still very misleading and wrong in my opinion.
I really dont understand their logic as it will in the end drive users away when they notice it is nothing but a linux box.

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*shrug* Tha same as the guy who found out that his new "AmigaOne" can't boot his Lotos-Turbo-Esprit-floppy

Not exactly the same is it?? That would be like someone suing microsoft because it did not run some win16 game from win3.x days or someone suing apple because latest OSX did not run some classic mac os game.

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