[Kde-games-devel] Potential trademark issues: ktron, ksokoban, kbattleship not in Fedora Core

[Andreas Beckermann]

On Tuesday 02 August 2005 20:48, Albert Astals Cid wrote:
> You might find this interesting
>
> "
> Make sure no one else uses your trademark. Actively look for people that
> are using your mark and let them know that you have registered the mark.
> Tell them to stop. See an attorney to find out what to do. A failure to
> enforce your rights in your trademark will result in the loss of your
> rights. "
>
> http://www.nw-law.com/iplaw.htm#t3
>
> So these people have already lost their trademark as we've been shiping
> ksokoban, ktron and kbattleship for *ages*.
>
> Albert

A court _might_ decide so. Until it does they have not.
This paragraph you quoted is actually a perfect reasons for renaming: they 
might lose their trademark if they do _not_ sue people distributing these 
games (especially companies that make money from it)

CU
Andi