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Discussion: Ultracade and the Mame Trademark

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Fat_Trucker:

But it would appear that he's not trying to stop people using MAME in a commercial capacity, he's just trying to steal the TM so he can cash in on anyone who does.

I don't think anyone on here would deny someone their right to protect their business from piracy or help support moves to eliminate piracy. So surely Mr Foley should be actively targeting people selling illegal roms or machines containing them, not anyone providing a service to the home-brew community. And certainly not trying to obtain money from anyone using the MAME name or logo.

It seems that the vast majority of people who are making money in this community seem to be

walls83:

Thats it I call the brother/Sister hood to arms. 


Its time to go to war.



jcoleman:

Note this in his "Open Offer to the MAME Community":


--- Quote ---We have no desire to use the M.A.M.E. name or logos; we simply wish to find ways to prevent illegal distribution of classic arcade games.
--- End quote ---

That is what, in the legal profession (though IANAL), they call "bad faith."  You can't trademark something in order to prevent other people from using it, you have to trademark it because *you* intend to use it.  He's likely already killed his application simply for this reason.

Has anyone seen any comments from the MAME Dev Team on the subject?

Coleman

APFelon:

This is from R. Belmont:

Mame.Net Forums Link



--- Quote ---According to a post by Kevin Steele on alt.games.mame, Foley is already threatening eBay auctions which mention MAME (e.g. Dream Ultimates cabinet kits), and he plans to sue MAMEdev (and Razoola?) over the CPS-2 XOR scheme. Make of that what you will.
--- End quote ---

I don't have access to that group through either of my NSPs, so I can't verify Belmont's source.

APf


Witchboard:

There's a thread on the MAME website forums, but I haven't seen an official comment from the MAMEdevs.

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