[ Thanks to wehe for
this link. ]
“In June 2001 I have got an informal request from the German
legal representative of Les Éditions Albert René
(Paris) holder of the trademarks “Asterix” and “Obelix” , to
unregister the name MobiliX, otherwise they would take legal
action. Together with my lawyer I have tried to find an
arrangement, to satisfy both parts. I have announced this case to
the Free Software Foundation – FSF and in public to the Free
Software Community. Many people have written to Les Éditions
Albert René (Paris) the holder of the trademarks. Other
people have provided a list of projects with similar names ending
on “iX”… This list has grown quite big, therefore it’s not
continued anymore.“But this didn’t succeed. In November 2001 MobiliX has been
legally charged to withdraw the trademark, to pay a compensation
and more. The charge is up to app. 250.000 USD or six months
prison. The costs of the first legal level are app. 15.000 USD. I
have decided to take another lawyer Jaschinski, Biere & Brexl –
JBB, which is a wellknown lawyer-society for legal problems of Free
Software…”