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Asterix and Mobilix Redux

Posted by michael on from the cartoons-and-mobile-unix-are-nearly-the-same dept.

eguaj writes "I thought the "Obelix vs. Mobilix" case was over, and that the Mobilix web site had definitely won in the first instance, but this morning I saw this mail , on the linux-laptop mailing list, stating that 'Les Éditions Albert René' went into appeal and they managed to overturn the first decision, and now the Mobilix.org site will have to withdraw his domain name, pay the compensation fee, etc. Mobilix.org is a web site dedicated to Linux/Unix on mobile devices (laptop, pda, cell. phones), and they ruled that "Mobilix" was too much similar to "Obelix" and that people could take one for the other." For Americans: Asterix and Obelix are well-known French cartoon characters (think: Mickey and Goofy).

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  1. Keep bitching by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    and we know they'll just surrender ;-)

  2. In Soviet Russia, Moblix Redux Asterix!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    1. Asterix.
    2. Mobilx???
    3. Redux!!!

  3. Re:Insane ruling by Chexsum · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Linux != BSD

    Couldnt resist. ;)

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    Pixels keep you awake!
  4. Re:In SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...ordinary citizens have more rights than citizens in the increasingly Soviet America!

    Russians can walk around in the Kremlin swigging a beer! Try that on Capitol Hill!