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Date:         Fri, 17 May 2002 19:15:09 -0700
Reply-To:     Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
Organization: http://WetWesties.org
Subject:      Re: [WetWesties] Special Announcement from VwoA and VWC
Comments: To: Nevin and Sue <nesu@erols.com>
Comments: cc: wetwesties@yahoogroups.com
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There has been much discussion regarding the veracity of this e-mail. I went to the website and looked. If it's a fake, it's an extremely elaborate one. I dropped them a note. We'll see what they say.

Smells sweet to me.

Jim

> Subj: Special Announcement from Volkswagen of America and Canada! > Date: 5/17/2002 2:44:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time > From: vwlicense@ipprotector.com > > This e-mail address has been identified as belonging to a Volkswagen Club > or Enthusiast and Volkswagen in the United States and Canada has some > great news we would like to share with you. > > As you may have heard, Volkswagen of America, Inc. and Volkswagen Canada > Inc. are endeavoring to break into a new arena of licensing! In just a > few weeks, we will announce the formation of our Trademark Internet > Licensing Program for Volkswagen vehicle enthusiasts and clubs in the > United States and Canada. Visit us online at > http://vwlicense.ipprotector.com. > > -An Enthusiast: Any individual desiring to promote their interest in > Volkswagen products, the company and its heritage on a website in a NON- > COMMERCIAL manner. > > -A Club: Any NON-COMMERCIAL organization that has its primary objective > a sharing of interests in Volkswagen products, the company and its > heritage on a website, in newsletters, at meetings and events in a NON- > COMMERCIAL manner. > > -NON-COMMERCIAL: Having no functionality to allow for revenue to be > generated at the site including, but not limited to, commercial links, > advertising of any kind, and shopping carts. > > Why do we need to do this? > > Volkswagen of America, Inc. ("VWoA") and Volkswagen Canada Inc. ("VWC") > are the exclusive US and Canadian importers of cars manufactured by > Volkswagen AG ("VWAG") and are responsible for protecting trademarks > associated with those cars. The Volkswagen logo; "VW;" the > words "Volkswagen;" "Beetle," "New Beetle," "Bug," all other Volkswagen > vehicle names; the New Beetle logo and the Volkswagen advertising slogans > (such as "Drivers wanted") are all registered trademarks or service > marks. (This is only a partial list - we didn't want to bore you right > off.) None of these items may be used without the express written > consent of VWoA or VWC in the U.S. and Canada. (What you may use in other > places depends on the laws of that country.) If a trademark owner fails > to protect its rights to its trademarks, it risks losing those rights. > Did you know that "escalator" was once a registered trademark? And so > were "aspirin", "trampoline", "refrigerator", "yo yo" and many more! But > they failed to take precautions that would have helped them have a long > and prosperous life as registered trademarks. > > You may want to take a look at our Trademark Enforcement Program Policy > Statement (http://vwlicense.ipprotector.com/policy.html) and our > Trademark Usage Guide (http://vwlicense.ipprotector.com/usage.html) which > both include more information regarding our need for this program and > offer guidance with respect to the proper use of our trademarks. > > What will a license involve? > > Use of any VWAG, VWoA or VWC trademarks is restricted to certain types of > use, more clearly outlined in our General Terms and Conditions > (http://vwlicense.ipprotector.com/gtc.html), and requires our written > permission in the form of a legal agreement, the Draft Club Limited > Trademark License Agreement (http://vwlicense.ipprotector.com/club.html) > or the Draft Enthusiast Limited Trademark License Agreement > (http://vwlicense.ipprotector.com/ent.html). (These are the U.S. > documents, but the Canadian documents will be basically the same.) > These legally binding documents will grant legal permission to > enthusiasts or clubs to utilize our trademarks in a manner which does not > infringe upon our trademarks or is not counter to our brand image. > In order to comply with applicable trademark licensing laws, these > License Agreements will be continuously monitored to insure their terms > have not been violated. > > Your job. > > If you think you may be interested in being a part of our licensed > family, now is your time to preview our documents and provide your > opinion prior to the launch of the program. Now, although we will read > through all the comments we may receive, you must understand that we may > not be able to implement every suggestion. We will, however, do our best > to make this program as user friendly and acceptable as we can! Just > click here (http://vwlicense.ipprotector.com/feedback.asp) to send us > your thoughts. > > Thank you for your time and interest in our products! > > _________________________________________________ > > You are receiving this email because you either asked to receive > information from Volkswagen of America, Inc. (VWoA) regarding VWoA's > Trademark Licensing Program for Enthusiasts and Clubs, or you were > identified as a Volkswagen Club Member or Enthusiast and may find this > information useful. If you would like to be removed from this list, > please reply to this email with "REMOVE" in the subject line. In > addition, your email address HAS NOT been added to any marketing or sales > email lists, so you will not get promotional emails from anybody else at > VWoA. Thank you for your time. > >


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