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

[Mathieu Jobin]

isn't there a timeout on patents and trademark ?
at some point, they become parts of the english language I think.

and if the company is loosing their rights when they don't sue,... maybe we 
can't wait for the warning ? no ? at some point, we gonna have to do it, OR 
they will lose their rights.

i don't know... 

Mathieu

On 2 August 2005 21:39, Ian Wadham wrote:
> ----- 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.
>
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