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>Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 14:43:47 -0800 >From: Leonardo <isast@sfsu.edu> >Subject: Press release > >>PRESS RELEASE, December 20, 1999 >> >>Leonardo Art/Science Network under Legal Attack >>for Use of the Word "Leonardo" >>=============================================== >> >>For further information, >>contact: Roger Malina: leo@mitpress.mit.edu >> >>=============================================== >> >>Roger Malina, Chairman of Leonardo/ISAST, San >>Francisco, announced Monday that the >>Association Leonardo in France was being sued >>for trademark infringement on use of the word >>"Leonardo." >> >>Leonardo/ISAST and Association Leonardo are >>non-profit scholarly arts organizations working >>on behalf of a world-wide community of artists, >>scientists and scholars. Since 1968 this >>network has produced the scholarly journal >>Leonardo, now published by the MIT Press of >>Cambridge, Massachusetts. >> >>Leonardo/ISAST and Association Leonardo also >>award prizes and awards, co-organize >>conferences and events, and publish Leonardo >>Music Journal, numerous Leonardo web sites and >>the Leonardo Book Series through MIT Press. >> >>The legal suit against Association Leonardo has >>been filed in Nanterre, France, by Transasia >>Corporation and co-complainants. Transasia >>claims to have recently trademarked in France >>the names Leonardo, Leonardo Finance, Leonardo >>Partners, Leonardo Invest and Leonardo Experts. >> >>Transasia is claiming over a million dollars in >>damages based on their claim that a search >>engine request using the word "Leonardo" brings >>up not only their web sites but also those of >>the Leonardo arts organization. >> >>The suit asks that the Association Leonardo be >>forbidden from using the word "Leonardo" in its >>web site projects or any other products or >>services. >> >>Following issuance of the suit, Transasia asked >>that a search warrant be served on the legal >>address of the Association Leonardo, now the >>home of the widow of Frank Malina - the founder >>in the 1960s of the Leonardo Journal. The >>search warrant was served with no prior warning >>by a squad of eight policemen. >> >>Leonardo/ISAST and the Association deplore this >>attempt to destroy the activities of a 30-year- >>old network of artists and scientists that has >>championed the work of artists using new media >>and the sciences. >> >>A Leonardo Legal Defense Fund has been >>established: donations may be sent to Leonardo, >>c/o ISAST, 425 Market St., 2nd Floor, San >>Francisco, CA 94105, USA. >> >>Further information on the Leonardo network and >>its activities can be found on the Leonardo >>family of art web sites: >> >>Leonardo On-Line: >>http://mitpress.mit.edu/Leonardo >> >>Observatoire Leonardo: >>http://www.olats.org >> >>Leonardo Electronic Almanac: >>http://mitpress.mit.edu/LEA >>(logon: lea; password: animich) >> >> ### >> >> >> >> >> >Editorial Department >LEONARDO >425 Market St. 2nd Floor >San Francisco CA 94105 >(415) 405 3335 >Fax: (415) 405 7758 >http://mitpress.mit.edu/Leonardo/ > ------Syndicate mailinglist-------------------- Syndicate network for media culture and media art information and archive: http://www.v2.nl/syndicate to unsubscribe, write to <syndicate-request@aec.at> in the body of the msg: unsubscribe your@email.adress