Just to offer my humble considerations about patent arrogance ... MfG / First class regards Carlo Roatta ---------- Messaggio inoltrato ---------- Subject: Mobilix querelle Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 17:59:13 +0200 From: Carlo ROATTA <empar@libero.it> To: info@asterix.tm.fr, "Werner Heuser" <wehe@mobilix.org> I welcome the decision of the "Landgericht Muenchen" that stressed how Mobilix name does not infringe any trademark rule (http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/hob-12.06.02-001). I present my best congratulation to Mr. Heuser. His precious contribution to the open source world is now much more relevant, as he is now not only an already prominent consultant on mobile computing, but also a courageous champion of our civil rights struggle against the arrogance of industry claims about creativity confinement. I am sorry that "Les Éditions Albert René" (Paris) have discredited themselves, in a polemic position that arrived to define the Mobilix name as "a new kind of electronical terror", just because they find it so close to the Asterix and Obelix names. I suspect that other more powerful creations, as "Matrix" movie, just for an example, will not be sued, too. I am very sorry, for this censoring attitude against little and unarmful presence; I think that this position has not helped the public image of the publishing house ... Thank you again, Mr. Heuser, for your courage. Carlo Roatta - corso Nizza, 1 - 12100 CUNEO - Italia -------------------------------------------------------
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