I am sure GMs lawyers are excited about this
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Did I miss the part that had a picture of the vehicle??
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Possibly. Did you get the part where it's an electric vehicle named "Bolt"?
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/...cked-firm-reveals-two-seat-electric-bolt-nano
Looks pretty adorable to me.
Also, I'm not sure what GM's Laywers could do about it, since Ursain has had his last name longer than the Bolt has been in production.
There was a similar case way back when involving McDonald's and some guy NAMED McDonald...
Anyway, it's a very low range MicroCar. I doubt GM or anyone is worried. If it was available for half the price, I wouldn't mind one as neighborhood Go Kart.
Looks pretty adorable to me.
Also, I'm not sure what GM's Laywers could do about it, since Ursain has had his last name longer than the Bolt has been in production.
There was a similar case way back when involving McDonald's and some guy NAMED McDonald...
Anyway, it's a very low range MicroCar. I doubt GM or anyone is worried. If it was available for half the price, I wouldn't mind one as neighborhood Go Kart.
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How long you've had your surname has nothing to do with trademarks.
Do you really think that a guy named "Tim Apple" born in 1971 (I am sure there is one somewhere) could start a phone company named Apple tomorrow and that Apple wouldn't be able to successfully sue simply because he had his surname 4 years before Apple started? All that matters is the date the trademark is issued.
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As long as that Bolt is not sold in the U.S. or in any other nation where GM has the Bolt name trademarked, there is little legal issue. Usain Bolt's name is not the issue here, but the vehicle name only. Anyone with the Ford name can also build cars but the original "Ford" car name is what has been protected almost all over the world. Not even a Ford descendant can sell another Ford car.
Correct. Usain Bolt did register the trademark Bolt in 2011 (before GM) but it was for sporting equipment. The USPTO granted GMs trademark after GM and Yamaha came to an agreement as Yamaha had a trademark Bolt for an electric motorcycle (which was too similar a product to allow the trademark without Yamaha granting permission which they did).
No, but I really think a man named Ronald McDonald can open a restaurant ten years or so after McDonalds started to exist, and have McDonalds be unsuccessful in forcing him to change his restaurant's name.
Sorry if that's the source of my confusion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald's_legal_cases#The_real_Ronald_McDonald_(US)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-08-15-9608150152-story.html
If Ursain goes with Ursain Bolt's something or other, I can't see a problem here?
Ronald McDonald was not attempting to create a trademark. It was a sole proprietorship.
I guarantee that GMs lawyers are talking to Mr Bolt. They might come to an agreement, but GM is firmly in the driver's seat (just as Yamaha was when GM first registered the trademark).
https://www.greencarreports.com/new...d-due-to-yamaha-conflict-by-u-s-patent-office
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Yeah. Doubt they look alike.
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We need a good lawyer here. Although I like the idea, and you can talk about whether it's plagiarism or not and who stole the idea from whom - but it's important that what turned out looks very good. As for lawyers, most lawyers in companies like this just get paid for coming to the office. Real professionals work in companies like Estate Planning Services | Attorney | Southwest PDX Law Group, and they constantly apply their knowledge in practice and do not sit in the office flirting with secretaries.
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