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> A Question for the World! Not to nit pick....but?, Is this considered a crossed line 4 Intellectual Property?
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post Aug 31 2010, 11:05 PM
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A quote from an e-bay ad!

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your friends at Automobile Atlanta, 914 World Headquarters
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post Aug 31 2010, 11:19 PM
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AA has been using that phrase for years & years. I've got a couple of t-shirts from them with that phrase on it from when I got my first 914 in 1990 and they were the only parts/info resource I knew of.
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post Aug 31 2010, 11:27 PM
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OK, Just asking because I have been a member here since Jan 03, after the split, and at least a few years before that at the club and I never noticed it!

It isn't a big deal, it just jumped off the page when I read the add!
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post Sep 1 2010, 07:53 AM
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A quote from an e-bay ad!

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your friends at Automobile Atlanta, 914 World Headquarters



If it's being used to represent 914World, yes it is intellectual property. If it is being used as an inference that Auto Atlanta is the World Headquarters for 914s, no...just a bit boastfull.
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post Sep 1 2010, 08:12 AM
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IIRC AA has used it for some time, long before 914world in fact.
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post Sep 1 2010, 08:33 AM
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post Sep 1 2010, 08:33 AM
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To protect words and phrases you have to register them and trademark them and go through that whole process or it is nothing and anyone can use it. "914" is protected under VW/Porsche, so if they did not get permission from them, it is also a violation. This is a complicated area. Most enthusiast sites are ok, but when people use the names and stuff for business purposes, then they might get in trouble.
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post Sep 1 2010, 08:51 AM
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Yes Jeff we have been using the phrase since the middle 80's when no one liked the 914 and we were heavily promoting the car. We wanted to give it world status and I copped the phrase from several big companies who were using the phrase.
Because we at the time and still have the worlds best 914 car collection, the worlds best 914 printed catalog, the worlds biggest collection of 914s the worlds biggest collection of 914 parts, the worlds biggest and most passionate 914 weenie (yours truly) and the worlds most popular 914 tech publication touted by Road and Track magazine as "no 914 owner should be without it" AND have been dedicated to the 914 now for 36 years and until the last breath I take, we feel like we can claim the title.
Our tiny little claim to fame in this large world but I guess like any man it is important for him to claim something to feel worthwhile!!!!!!



How is that for self promotion??????



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your friends at Automobile Atlanta, 914 World Headquarters


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post Sep 1 2010, 09:10 AM
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How is that for self promotion??????


Bah, SPAM I say, SPAM. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)

I remember seeing the "914 World Headquarters" back in the early 90's, before Al Gore invented the internet.
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post Sep 1 2010, 09:16 AM
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914 spam is the best spam!!!!



I always HATED spam when my mom would serve it. YUK.


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How is that for self promotion??????


Bah, SPAM I say, SPAM. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)

I remember seeing the "914 World Headquarters" back in the early 90's, before Al Gore invented the internet.
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post Sep 1 2010, 09:19 AM
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I always HATED spam when my mom would serve it. YUK.


YUK is right. My sister cut her finger wide open on one of those cans trying to save the "spam can key" bloody mess that found her getting stitches and us never having spam again.
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post Sep 1 2010, 10:31 AM
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I always HATED spam when my mom would serve it. YUK.


YUK is right. My sister cut her finger wide open on one of those cans trying to save the "spam can key" bloody mess that found her getting stitches and us never having spam again.



yummy spam and catsup, no wait thats blood, gag, puke!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)
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post Sep 1 2010, 10:35 AM
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To protect words and phrases you have to register them and trademark them and go through that whole process or it is nothing and anyone can use it. "914" is protected under VW/Porsche, so if they did not get permission from them, it is also a violation. This is a complicated area. Most enthusiast sites are ok, but when people use the names and stuff for business purposes, then they might get in trouble.

Not quite true. use in commerce will afford protection even without registering the mark. Besides, if "914" is being used to designate 914s or 914 products, it's likely going to qualify as nominative fair use. I think George is okay here, at least as far as trademark law goes.
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post Sep 1 2010, 10:47 AM
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Thankfully that stupid spam did not get into her cut and make it infected. Who KNOWS what is in that stuff unless it comes from Automobile Atlanta????


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I always HATED spam when my mom would serve it. YUK.


YUK is right. My sister cut her finger wide open on one of those cans trying to save the "spam can key" bloody mess that found her getting stitches and us never having spam again.
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post Sep 1 2010, 11:34 AM
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the worlds biggest collection of 914 parts

I know of a place that has more 914 parts than you ...

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post Sep 1 2010, 11:44 AM
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post Sep 1 2010, 11:46 AM
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QUOTE(Jeffs9146 @ Aug 31 2010, 10:05 PM) *

A quote from an e-bay ad!

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your friends at Automobile Atlanta, 914 World Headquarters



Yeah Jeff, you ARE nit-picking! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif)

How many other businesses make the claim that they are THE world headquarters for something!? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

Come on really!? ...... REALLY!? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)
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post Sep 1 2010, 11:48 AM
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yummy spam and catsup, no wait thats blood, gag, puke!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)


OK - everybody now ........

Spam, Spam, Spam, Spaaaam, wonderful Spam! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)
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Speaking of old stuff:

Found a T-Shirt the other day from another major 914 supplier of parts from....1991 or 1992 I believe? Can you guess who by the slogan?

"Your car is your catalog"

Any guesses, probably an easy one. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Sep 1 2010, 11:55 AM
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...and most passionate 914 weenie...


That's quite a boast. Given the right girl, my weenie is pretty passionate...


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