Subj : Old DOS BBS Programs
To   : MRO
From : Xerxes
Date : Thu Jun 16 2022 10:04:00

  Re: Old DOS BBS Programs
  By: MRO to Xerxes on Thu Jun 16 2022 05:53 am

 >> When the dust settled from the lawsuits, I don't think he had to pay
 >> anybody anything and basically owned the Commodore name and some of
 >> the tradmarks, mostly because nobody used them in a long time and he
 >> called dibs. 

 >> So yea, appearantly you can just claim to own something until someone
 >> sues 
 >> you, lol.

 MR> he also died, right?

He (Barry Altman) did die after all this, yes, back in 2012 and it fell apart right afterwords.  I had a C64x case and it was really nice, I am curious what they would have come up with.  Aside from the C64x their other stuff was mostly over-priced OEM computers they stuck a Commodore or Amiga logo on (well that and a Commodore themed Linux distro).

A company in England now claims to have bought the Commodore name and trademarks in 2015.  They OEMed a couple of Andriod phones and haven't done anything since.
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