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Date:         Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:23:12 -0700
Reply-To:     Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM>
Subject:      Re: VW SUCKS...Re: name change of Volks Cafe...
In-Reply-To:  <4358228F.7050700@charter.net>
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IIRC, Peter told me that they've been in negotiations with VW for over 6 years. I don't think there was any more room at the end of the rope.

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf Of John Rodgers Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:05 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: VW SUCKS...Re: name change of Volks Cafe...

Could it be that the boys at Volkscafe caved to quickly?? Or should have gotten another lawyer? Given the meaning of Volks, there is a VAST difference between Volkscafe and Volkswagen. In my mind they are clearly different. No infringement whatso ever. Now if Volks and Wagen were used together - that is another matter. I'm not so sure but what I would bow my back , get a good attorney with a deep understanding of language and semantics, and get after it with VW. Like I said, to me there is one hell of a difference between between "peoples cafe" and "peoples car". They are not even close!! Since when can anyone get patent or copyright on common terms.

Regards,

John Rodgers 88 GL Driver.

Timothy Lee Harrison wrote:

>On Monday 17 Oct 2005 14:00, JordanVw@aol.com wrote: > > > > >>why bother writing. BTDT they dont care. they do what they want to , >> >> ><snip> > >To be honest, why bother changing the name? "Volk" (in German) simply means a >"folk", or a "people" (e.g. of a country or race). It's spelt with a capital >"V" because in German, nouns are spelt with capitals. > >You would argue that "VolksCafe" is actually just the "people's cafe", just >the same as "Volkswagen" split into its constituent words translates to >"people's car". It's a Germanic name for the cafe, because its intended >target customers are those who like German engineering. > >Tim >-- >To err is human, to forgive, beyond the scope of the Operating System. > > > >


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