Audiotool board archive

New roland trademarks

D☯ZI Fandabee · started 2019-02-12 04:18 · updated 2019-02-16 11:54

This might be a bit of a stupid question but will AT be affected by the new upcoming roland trademarks on the 808 and 303?

Comments (13)

Known As I
2019-02-12 09:28 · 2019-02-12

Sounds interesting. Do you have any link or reference for us to read?

Known As I · reply
2019-02-12 10:12 · 2019-02-12

Whoa, thanks for reporting! That's really sad.
I don't know if some 'prior art' (don't have the right term for that) will come to the rescue.
I'll forward this to someone who can handle this.

sila
2019-02-13 15:30 · 2019-02-13

:/

anonymous user
2019-02-16 11:54 · 2019-02-16

Hopefully things will be OK for Audiotool. Roland may be trying to stop hardware clones with the same look.

Known As I · reply
2019-02-19 23:13 · 2019-02-19

The registration covers (among others) "computer software for music production used in virtual music performance" and "computer software for creating and editing music and sounds" which doesn't leave much room for discussions.

anonymous user · reply
2019-02-20 01:45 · 2019-02-20

Oh dear.

anonymous user · reply
2019-02-20 06:21 · 2019-02-20

Are Audiotools audio engines in the clear?

Known As I · reply
2019-02-20 10:54 · 2019-02-20

I believe it's 'just' the presentation, not the sound itself.

anonymous user · reply
2019-02-20 11:10 · 2019-02-20

Are replacement UIs being considered?

Known As I · reply
2019-02-20 11:53 · 2019-02-20

That's an option but before we change anything, we should have a talk with Roland.

anonymous user · reply
2019-02-20 12:03 · 2019-02-20

If the elders agree, it sounds like a good idea.

Known As I · reply
2019-02-20 12:27 · 2019-02-20

Please see the third link @perrier provided for the reasoning of Roland - they basically want to prohibit abuse of their brand.