14 May
2000
14 May
'00
7:32 p.m.
Who owns the Commodore Trademark now?
-----Original Message-----
From: Sipke de Wal <sipke(a)wxs.nl>
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Date: Monday, May 15, 2000 6:21 PM
Subject: Re: Is this for real -- a new C64/128
The Comodore Trademark has been sold and resold in
Holland in the last six
years
as far as I can tell both the Tulip and the Escom
company have at least
been
holder
of the trade mark and at least one of them payed no more than Fl 100,-
(=$40,-)
I dont know if this applied only to a dutch (benelux)
trademark or the
worldwide
trademark.
If the comodore company once again exists it is certainly not the same
company
that gave us the VIC & the C64.
My guess is that the trademark was for grabs once more and somebody
is trying to beat a few more bucks out of it.
Branding a run off the mill clone with the comodore logo and supplying a
couple of emulators and a special keyboard with it, truely sounds like a
hype in
the
making. It'll blow over pretty soon.
Sipke de Wal
> > The site looks raw enough to dissuade me from believing anything will
come
> > out of this. And how is it going to benefit
with having a 6502 onboard
as
> > claimed if there will also be a 200-500Mhz
processor, and everything
else
> > indicates emulation? It's obvious this
will simply be a PC, and
putting
> > together a machine with the specs this one
will supposedly have
requires
> > some expensive engineering.
> >
> > Look lower on their page, where they advertise the C= PC. I think that
> > tells us what they truly are trying to sell. The "Next Generation
C64"
is
> just hype
to suck you in.