On Aug 30, 2012, at 5:15 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote: > 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
IMHO, even if they could -- and they can -- they wouldn't. Copies never do well in the automotive world, and they cast bad aspersions on the copycat. And a vehicle that was equal to or better than the original would be just as costly. Paul > > > 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 > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
