[News] Nova Design Obtains a Judgement of $270,000 against Ryan E. A. Czerwinski | ANN.lu |
Posted on 13-Oct-2003 06:03 GMT by Rich Woods | 108 comments View flat View list |
After quite some time the court case of Nova Design vs. Ryan E.
A. Czerwinski has been concluded with a default judgement.
Nova Design has obtained a judgement of $270,000 against Ryan E. A. Czerwinski.
After quite some time the court case of Nova Design vs. Ryan E. A. Czerwinski has been concluded with a default judgement.
Nova Design has obtained a judgement of $270,000 against Ryan E. A. Czerwinski.
The judgement with interest and costs are now approx. $335,000+.
Court documentation can be found at
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Nova Design Obtains a Judgement of $270,000 against Ryan E. A. Czerwinski : Comment 93 of 108 | ANN.lu |
Posted by EyeAm on 14-Oct-2003 16:30 GMT | In reply to Comment 77 (Matt Parsons): > In Reply to Comment 65:
> Amiga Inc. never knew what to do with AROS, it was clear that we never
> broke any laws, IP or trademarks, This has been a top priority for AROS.
> And probably the reason why the MOS team decided to go the AROS route,
> since the AROS team have been so careful to avoid any legal issues.
Yes, it's good to have that as a priority.
> There was one IP point that was very fuzzy. An old Commodore-Amiga patent
> for Menus which appear at the top of the screen when the right mouse
> button is pressed. The AROS team decided to play it safe with "Magic
> Menu" style menus. The old patents expired this year, so we have put them
> back to Amiga Style.
Excellent.
>I would also note that it's hard to have an illegal product when you give
> it away, rather than charge for it :)
Well, there will always be copyright issues. And I'm sure patents still hold legal repercussions in the most free of products (and it seems AROS creators agree, since they were careful with a somewhat trivial one).
Ok, so AROS is completely free and clear, legally. Great. :)
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