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Intellectual property rights question
What kind of legal protection can be applied to the visual appearance
of automobiles? Is the "look" of a Taurus or Camry or Corvette
protected by some kind of copyright or trademark? How much can
another manufacturer crib or imitate the appearance of car? I
remember a famous series of Ford TVCs in the 80s in which the sales
pitch was that the small Ford looked so much like a Mercedes it
fooled people (cue scene where person walks up to the Ford parked
next to the Mercedes).
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Michael Brady
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of automobiles? Is the "look" of a Taurus or Camry or Corvette
protected by some kind of copyright or trademark? How much can
another manufacturer crib or imitate the appearance of car? I
remember a famous series of Ford TVCs in the 80s in which the sales
pitch was that the small Ford looked so much like a Mercedes it
fooled people (cue scene where person walks up to the Ford parked
next to the Mercedes).
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Michael Brady
www.michaelbradydesign.com
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