BMW did what Elon Musk didn't have the balls to do.

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12/10/2019 at 07:25 • Filed to: BMW, Tesla

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They called it the Model 3 instead of the Model E.


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Kinja'd!!! punkgoose17 > 404 - User No Longer Available
12/10/2019 at 07:38

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Tesla was not allowed to use the name model E because Ford had a model E about a century ago.


Kinja'd!!! imadick > punkgoose17
12/10/2019 at 08:29

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That trade mark should have expired by now. I’m not saying it has, but it should have.


Kinja'd!!! TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > imadick
12/10/2019 at 09:05

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You can thank Disney for that, every time that the Micky Mouse trademark comes close to expiring. Magically the Trademark laws change.


Kinja'd!!! Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > 404 - User No Longer Available
12/10/2019 at 09:19

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XES?


Kinja'd!!! 404 - User No Longer Available > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction
12/10/2019 at 09:36

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Don’t dead, open inside.


Kinja'd!!! My X-type is too a real Jaguar > punkgoose17
12/10/2019 at 09:48

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Actually the Argument was Model E sounded too much like Model T


Kinja'd!!! My X-type is too a real Jaguar > imadick
12/10/2019 at 09:50

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Trademarks do not expire if they are actively used in Advertising, Copyrights do. Since Ford Markets using the model T and sells models of the Model T it will not expire.


Kinja'd!!! Officer Jim Lahey is not a real cop > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
12/10/2019 at 09:56

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Isn't that copyright?


Kinja'd!!! TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > Officer Jim Lahey is not a real cop
12/10/2019 at 10:06

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Nope, Disney has a Trademark on Mickey Mouse.


Kinja'd!!! Officer Jim Lahey is not a real cop > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
12/11/2019 at 14:09

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Well yes, but the law changes referenced here are changes to copyright law, not trademark law. See, e.g., the “Mickey Mouse Protection Act” ( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Term_Extension_Act ). Trademarks don't have fixed terms. Copyrights do.