EClark1849 opened this issue on Sep 10, 2017 · 7 posts
WandW posted Sun, 10 September 2017 at 3:39 PM
In the EU, Opel sued a manufacturer of toy cars for using its logo and lost.
Here's an interesting article regarding US trademark law and 3D models... "Trademark law arose in a world of physical goods to protect manufacturers and prevent consumer confusion as to who manufactured the goods. In a digital world, manufacturing will increasingly be done, if at all, by individuals with 3D printers. Other digital models, such as TurboSquid’s BMW models, will never exist as physical objects. Where consumers care about the quality of a digital file, trademark law can protect consumers from being deceived by indicia external to the file. But if purchasers are not confused about the source of the digital file based on external indicia, courts should channel any other potential claims (if any) to other areas of intellectual property law." https://patentlyo.com/patent/2016/06/digital-trademark-infringement.html
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The Wisdom of bagginsbill:
"Oh - the manual says that? I have never read the manual - this must be why."