Two years ago, a federal court ruled that the trademark belonged to Commodore Holdings B. The Italian entrepreneurs claim to have acquired rights for the brand and trademark in the mobile industry in 38 countries, including the US.
This isn't the first time Commodore has risen from the dead. Nostalgia and retro gaming weren't enough, however, and Commodore USA shut down in It is well-built, with an aluminum frame and interchangeable polycarbonate covers. The phone will feature a 1. It can make images up to x pixels, and videos up to p HD. The front camera is an 8-megapixel rig with an degree wide angle lens. Both can be operated with the dedicated shutter button on the right side of the case.
Other custom functions I spotted include a nice implementation of Daydream the Android feature that lets you chose what information appears on the display during charging , and system gestures that let you interact with the phone by shaking it, flipping it, or waving at it.
They're very proud of their country, which we are not. I remember shipping the PET to Japan, to develop that particular market. And it was unbelievably successful in Japan. But about two years after, a Japanese company by the name of NEC decided to go into the personal computer business. That day, when they announced it, PET sales stopped, because the Japanese were willing to wait until the Japanese computer came out.
And you haven't seen the same loyalty in the American market? Tramiel: No, because we will buy from anybody, as long as it's cheap. But the Commodore was cheap. Tramiel: That was one of the reasons why I made sure that we reduced the price--to make a fair profit, not to stop the imports that came into the country. And I felt very good because we did. There were very few foreign machines coming into the country.
When I left Commodore, the world changed. Then, all of a sudden everybody came in because the prices went up. So I feel very responsible for that particular idea that I had, to give people a computer for the money, to make a computer for the masses, not for the classes. And when you say people, you're not just talking businessmen. Kids could afford it if they saved up enough.
Do people still stop you to tell you their memories about the C64? There's quite a cult following out there. Tramiel: There is, but I'm very quiet. This is the first real event which I've come to, because I don't like to be in the press.
I'm quite happy if people do not know me. Do you have any thoughts on the PC market today? Tramiel: The PC market is very strong and it's going to become stronger.
It's going to be very important how the products are being packaged from now on. The technology is there. It's about how it's packaged. I believe the smaller we make them, the more they will sell, and the easier they're going to be to use.
And I think we're going in that direction. What do you think it was about the Commodore 64 that made it so popular across the board? Tramiel: Because I brought everything into it. I brought in sound, video, a full keyboard, and color. It was easy to use. The timeline of ownership for both trademarks and patents is well-documented on Wikipedia's Commodore International page. Gateway , the large American computer manufacturer, ended up with the Commodore IP in , but was mainly interested in the Amiga patents.
Thus, Gateway sold off the trademarks and copyrights, and presumably kept and enforced the patents until they expired. This leaves us with the prevailing situation today, centered around trademarks and ROM copyrights. In conclusion, Commodore's old IP is only protected by the new rights-holders through trademark licensing and copyrights on the software ROM.
The other silicon, like Amiga custom chips, if not still covered by a patent, can be and has been reverse-engineered and sold by various manufacturers. So, the situation does not appear to be any different whether you are talking about the earlier Commodore 8-bit computers, or the later Amigas.
If you want to use trademarked terms like "Commodore" or "Amiga" on a product, then that is also likely to require a license. This is my opinion based on a sampling of existing products and their published license arrangements.
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