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

[Ian Wadham]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andreas Beckermann" <b_mann at gmx.de>

>> Sokoban and battleship are common names and common traditional games.

> I don't know about sokoban, but I disagree definitely with battelship.
> This _is_ a registered trademark on _exactly_ this type of game.

It's ridiculous that such a trademark is registered.  My father and I
used to play battleships, with pencil and paper, more than 50 years
ago.  It's the same game now (on KDE), albeit with more expensive
playing equipment!  But if it's registered, you can't use it I suppose.

Good luck, Ian W.