[lug] Adobe GPL attack in Germany

[D. Stimits]

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>  Adobe, via the Law firm ' Reinhard Skuhra Weise & Partner' has sent
>  an "abmahnung" to the university whose webserver houses the 'KIllustrator'
>  webpages claiming that the name violates their trademark on "Illustrator".
>  It's probably a smart move to target the university who has much less
>  reason to stand up and fight Adobe than the developer who might likely
>  get help from the Open Source community.
> 
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> 
>   Ralf
> 

No matter how stupid it seems that someone can file a lawsuit for
another party without even asking the other party, the suggestion that
KIllustrator violates Illustrator name is outrageous. Before you know
it, a law firm in Germany will be writing a program that (like automated
trading on the stock market) reads a list of trademarked names, puts
them through a program of minimal permutations and combinations, then
files a lawsuit (without the law firm even seeing it). Sometimes the
search for money at any cost gets ridiculous (especially when cost can
be layed out on someone else).

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com