If they could, they would. To take the wind out of Porsche's sales they'd have to build a vehicle that was equal or better than the original. Producing a car that looked like a Porsche model, and selling it for a lot less to attract buyers, would soon be revealed to by a piece of junk.
IMHO On Aug 30, 2012, at 11:06 , Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > So, if Porsche comes out with a new car that has a unique shape, is it > alright if GM copies that unique shape and sells cars to compete with > the new Porsche? > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > >> I do know something of precedent law, and the broad strokes that it will >> sometimes paint with. Allowing a company to patent the shape of a product is >> dangerous because that precedent can then be applied to other products >> (cars, toothbrushes, microwave ovens, etc) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
