Farewell prancing moose stickers

"unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins)" (unclevanos) 04/10/2018 at 16:13 • Filed to: None

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https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2018/04/10/prancing-moose-creator-sent-cease-and-desist-letter-by-volvo/?refer=news

The prancing moose stickers and novelty items had been on the market for a long time now. Volvo Cars decides to send a cease and desist to the seller/maker. I don’t know if someone pissed in Volvo’s Cheerios for them to act on this after many years on the market.

OPPOsaurus WRX > unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) 04/10/2018 at 16:19

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Volvo acting like Ferrari with lawyers over Ferrari looking sticker.

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > OPPOsaurus WRX 04/10/2018 at 16:20

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Volvo’s legal department

E92M3 > unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) 04/10/2018 at 16:25

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Wow, I know Nissan is bad about shutting down anyone who dares to sell a Nismo sticker on eBay.

Seems like a waste of time, time that could of been devoted to making a more durable CVT. I wouldn’t even waste an unpaid legal intern’s time on such nonsense.

BeaterGT > unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) 04/10/2018 at 16:25

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Well, that’s one way to alienate consumers.

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > E92M3 04/10/2018 at 16:26

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Volvo shooting themselves in the foot on the free advertising.  

wafflesnfalafel > unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) 04/10/2018 at 16:30

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I wonder if Volvo corporate got a phone call from the Ferrari folks “asking” them to squash it.

Tekamul > unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) 04/10/2018 at 16:30

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This is just the Chinese ownership dabbling in trademark law. It’s their first time.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) 04/10/2018 at 16:45

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Pretty dumb of Volvo. Could’ve made some awesome PR out of this, but instead they piss off some of their most rabid fans. He’ll just keep selling them without the “VOLVO”.

Aaron M - MasoFiST > unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) 04/10/2018 at 16:46

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The dude is still selling stickers and other items with the Volvo livery (the wordmark) removed, so he’s not completely SOL. But yeah, dick move on Volvo’s part.

Urambo Tauro > unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) 04/10/2018 at 16:48

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That’s sad.

Good news is, you can still get ones that don’t say “VOLVO”. Even better, buy the “LOLVO” ones instead. http://www.prancingmoose.com/VolvoPrancingMoose.html

facw > unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) 04/10/2018 at 16:50

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Seems easy enough to ditch the VOLVO from the sticker.

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > Urambo Tauro 04/10/2018 at 16:51

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OVLOV

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) 04/10/2018 at 16:54

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Replace Volvo with the Swedish flag and its all good.

interstate366, now In The Industry > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 04/10/2018 at 16:57

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Chinese*

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > interstate366, now In The Industry 04/10/2018 at 16:59

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We must continue to blindly believe that Volvo is still Swedish!

Mrs.Burner > unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) 04/10/2018 at 17:02

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Not sure if Dave Barton credits himself with the idea, or the article is mistaken, but...

Since 2005, when he came up with the idea

Volvo XC90 PUV

Shown by Volvo North America in November of 2004.

Urambo Tauro > unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) 04/10/2018 at 17:03

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ORLOV

Ash78, voting early and often > unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) 04/10/2018 at 17:05

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Their Chinese overlords don’t take kindly to intellectual property infractions.

Ok, I couldn’t type that without laughing.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Urambo Tauro 04/10/2018 at 17:22

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GEELY