Larry Hamm wrote: > > David Beierl wrote: > > As to people's complaints about quality of workmanship, nobody here > > has ever seen one, so how can we complain? > > > David, > I think most of us simply object to someone trying to use a name that's > linked to a high quality product to further their own sales. Especially > since many of us have that product and wish to keep it special, not have > it linked with a camper that may or may not meet the high standards of > the original. I would hope that perhaps Westfalia Werk might look into > dissuading these people from using the name. (yes, I know it's not a > trademarked name, I said dissuading, not suing) It's just a cheap sales > gimmick, and I hope it backfires on them. I certainly will be letting > that company know how I feel. > Larry > '82 RealWesty It does not have to be trademarked. They could sue right now based on that e-mail to me telling why they chose "Westy." I was amazed at their candor. This would be misappropriation of trade name or style of doing business, among other commonlaw business torts. Also, westfalia probably is trademarked. If I were to forward that e-mail to the VW attorney noted in the post last week about VW going after that ISP VW.net, i am sure a letter would follow. But it's none of my business! |
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