Re: ESSEN: Sales v. Demos

"il Silvano":
> We currently have an issue with the registration of our name "daVinci" in
> Germany.
> Apparently, a lady registered the name "DA VINCI" for almost the same
> purposes.


"Almost the same purposes"?
I am sorry, Silvano, but right is right:

The German publisher DaVinci-Spiele has been at Essen several times so they
are not unknown to the German games scene. Frequent Essen-goers like, Derek
and Richard may remember their most famous title "Esperanca" - a treasure
diving game - from visits at Spiel '99 and Spiel '00.

Here is a pic and review of the game:
http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/keirat/txt/E/Esperanc.html

And here is the publisher's website:
http://www.davinci-spiele.de/

Legal rights aside, there is no doubt that "your lady" used the name "Da
Vinci" for her company first. And it is only natural that she protects it. I
am sure you would do the same if another publisher called themselves "da
vinci" in Italy.

Mik


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