Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996 23:00:23 +0100 (MET) From: torstenb@travel.tlk.com (Torsten Blum) To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Cc: chat@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/doc/handbook hw.sgml Message-ID: <m0vdkKF-0002J9C@travel.tlk.com> In-Reply-To: <199612270904.KAA03468@uriah.heep.sax.de> from J Wunsch at "Dec 27, 96 10:04:25 am"
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[Moved to -chat] J Wunsch wrote: > > > Intel don't use "triton" anymore due to copyright problems. (*laugh*) > > > > I don't know about copyright, perhaps it was a trademark problem? > > Yes, a trademark problem. > > There's a German lawyer who is known for terrorizing various parts of > the computer business here, mostly smaller dealers. Too bad that > Germany has a very controlled distribution of shotguns... (And no, we > aren't half that successful in replacing the deadly effect of shutguns > by racing with cars on the autobahn. :) "racing" on the autobahn ? It's hard to find more than a few kilometers without an speedlimit these days... > Anyway, he has recently pressed many dealers to pay huge amounts of > money for something where he claimed trademark infringement. A > Belgian (i believe) company makes some software package called > `Tricon', and he claims the use of the word `Triton' would violate > their vital interests. > > Unfortunately, some court gave him right in this. :-( Gravenreuth (the lawyer Joerg is talking about) does similar things for several years now. Several years ago (when Commodore's C64 became popular), he pressed young people or their parents to pay huge amounts of money (btw, what's the english word for "Abmahnung" ? All my dictionaries are in Munich - that's 500 kilometers from here... ;-). In most cases the parents did not know anything about computers and payed the money because of the "possible" legal problems... It never got to the courts (If I remeber right), so the laywers continued ... > Interestingly enough, he settled down his claim when it came to > Mickeysoft and W95: they are still allowed to auto-probe and announce > the chipset as Triton there. I guess his money didn't last to > successfully sue them... Too bad that M$ did not sue `von Gravenreuth' - They only thing M$ is good for ... ;-) -tb
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