Bert,
Thanks for keeping us up on the latest. I am so sick and tired of
that...part of why I haven't bought anything new from vw in years.
thanks, dave
On Wed, 18 Dec 2013, Bert Knupp wrote:
Volks,
An article in this week’s Spiegel
Online(http://www.spiegel.de/auto/aktuell/vw-mahnt-ersatzteilhaendler-ab-im-streit-um-oldtimer-a-925529.html#spRedirectedFrom=www&referrrer=https
://m.facebook.com) tells how the VW Group, after having backed off of pursuing
their claimed “trademark infringements” for a while, is now
again ramping up their war on independent producers of accessories, parts, and
especially replacement parts for VW – regardless whether they
carry VW trademarks. They have secured court decisions that even the
approximate shape of the VW beetle, the Bulli, or anything else is a
“three-dimensional trademark” and they can prohibit its use. Even if you
photograph your own car and put it on a T-shirt, you might receive
a letter, they say.
Here we go again. The non-customer-friendly actions of a bunch of corporate
suits puts them into an adversarial stance against the very
people they want to retain as customers. Contrast that with, say Ford or
Chevrolet, who have always gone over backward to support
collectors and their fan base. Ah, well … .
Bert Knupp in Music City USA
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