[WikiEN-l] Update: Floricic vs Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.

[Andrew Gray]

On 31/01/06, Mathias Schindler <neubau at presroi.de> wrote:

> There is one question left and I would love to see some research from
> you. Ivo Floricic, the owner of the trademark "Tron" and father of Boris
> Floricic (aka. [[en:Tron (hacker)]] claims that he thinks that he is the
> only one with the name "Floricic" in Germany and these special
> circumstances would somehow violate his rights if wikipedia is
> mentioning the full name of Tron.
>
> Does anyone know any other person by the name of Floricic?

Judging by various other mentions, it may possibly be an Istrian
placename (Floricici?), from whence the surname comes. Any Croatians
have an idea? "Mario Floričić" also gets a handful of different hits
in Croatian; I suspect there's more.

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- Andrew Gray
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