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MandrakeSoft ordered to drop trademark
A judgement against the Linux distributor could force the company to stop using its trademark and surrender its domain names, pending an appeal.
[blockquote]A French court has decided against Linux distributor MandrakeSoft in an intellectual property dispute with US-based Hearst Holdings and King Features Syndicate, holders of the rights to the comic-strip character Mandrake the Magician. This move could force the software company to surrender its trademark and domain names and to pay 70,000 euros (£47,000) in damages to the US companies.
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[blockquote]A French court has decided against Linux distributor MandrakeSoft in an intellectual property dispute with US-based Hearst Holdings and King Features Syndicate, holders of the rights to the comic-strip character Mandrake the Magician. This move could force the software company to surrender its trademark and domain names and to pay 70,000 euros (£47,000) in damages to the US companies.
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[link=http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/linuxunix/0,39020390,39147100,00.htm]The full report[/link]
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