![]() 12/10/2019 at 07:25 • Filed to: BMW, Tesla | ![]() | ![]() |
They called it the Model 3 instead of the Model E.
![]() 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.
![]() 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.
![]() 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.
![]() 12/10/2019 at 09:19 |
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XES?
![]() 12/10/2019 at 09:36 |
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Don’t dead, open inside.
![]() 12/10/2019 at 09:48 |
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Actually the Argument
was Model
E sounded too much like Model T
![]() 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.
![]() 12/10/2019 at 09:56 |
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Isn't that copyright?
![]() 12/10/2019 at 10:06 |
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Nope, Disney has a Trademark on Mickey Mouse.
![]() 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.