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> VW logo, copyright????
dmenche914
post Apr 7 2005, 11:53 PM
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I just noticed, the WCC logo has the VW Porsche emblem in it. I know from a while back VW was going bonkers on use of its trademark VW logo, suing or threatening lawsuits unless users (abusers???) paid up. It hit the VW aftermarket industry hard, real horror stories. Companies that even used photos of real VW cars had to delete the logo's from the photos, clubs also were hit, as were websites.

Maybe they have laid off, maybe thay just haven't noticed.

I heard also that Porsche was going after trademark infringement also, but not to the degree that VW has, and we got both logos in the WCC logo!

Anyone hear of this being a problem?
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lapuwali
post Apr 8 2005, 03:04 PM
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QUOTE (Jake Raby @ Apr 8 2005, 12:37 PM)
Damn,
That is VERY dumb, but understandable..

It can be very much worse. Plenty of people who've used their own names in their trademarks have lost the trademark, and thus lost control over the use of their own name! Imagine if someone else started putting "Jake Raby" on their engines. You could sue them, but unless you had gone through all of the correct motions to a trademark on your name and defended that mark, you'd probably lose the suit.

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