I'm going to split this off to an isolated thread after starting a reply in case by thedaddy thread.
Now it Appears Amiga Inc have no claim to Amiga as software, firmware,OS,hardware parts or complete computers.
Amiga has nothing live on uspto.gov website.
Here is the kicker, kickstart also has no active entry not by Cloanto, Amiga Inc or anyone......strange.
We can make Amiga cases and computers without restriction now :mickeymouse:
That's exactly what they can't do though.
The Amiga trademark is only dead for software. For hardware it's still alive, but not for cases. However, the trade-mark does cover disk drives.
I suspect this is why all the C=USA "bare bones" systems all come with blu-ray drives built-in. This way they can claim it's a disk drive, as they don't have the license to produce a case.
ALL entries for the word "Amiga" in isolation are dead except for whirl-pools or MRI scanners and something else. Amiga Inc's registrations are all dead or non existent.
This means Gateway held everything and let it rot. Kickstart Roms there are also dead? Nothing remotely related is live so Kickstart is now free!
Also this is all Cloanto have..
Word Mark:AMIGA FOREVER
Translations:The foreign wording in the mark translates into English as FRIEND.
Goods and Services:IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038.
G & S: Interactive multimedia computer program for displaying information about the history of computers; Interactive video game programs; Pre-recorded CD's, video tapes, laser disks and DVD's featuring information about the history of computers and computer games; Video magazine recorded on electronic media featuring computers. FIRST USE: 19971007. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19971202
Erm nothing there forcing anyone to buy it for 'legal kickstart' I guess, if you like the front end GUI sure buy it then.
Any trademark for Amiga computers or parts or cases nowhere to be seen nor is Kickstart active today. I searched the entire USPTO database for everything with the word Amiga or Kickstart in the broadest search possible.
Now all we need are case replicas of our favourite machines
Fireworks!!