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Thanks for clearing that up; that's insightful! I've been in a few of these suits before in the EU (not about Amiga stuff by the way) and I always got away with no more than a slap on the wrist while the stakes on the table were high. I know friends with companies who had similar cases; in the US we would've paid dearly. So I mistakingly then assumed it is normal not to get screwed in the EU by stuff which isn't relevant in most ways today. Sorry for that uniformed remark and thanks for clearing that up!


It's not really that it's normally a big deal in the EU, as long as you're not intentionally and knowingly trying to profit of creating trademark confusion.

But if the other party is intent on making it as painful as possible it can get just as nasty in the EU as in the US simply by tying you up in court for years. And in this case some of the potential litigants seems to be rather delusional.


Any bigger examples of that? Now i'm curious.

Edit: I see you already named lawsuits. Checking out those online now.




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