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02-10-2011, 07:47 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Covington,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance # 532, 466 BB, 560HP
Posts: 3,027
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Ford is suing Ferrari....
...over the trademark name F150.
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/...ing-ferrari-f/
I know I would get these two vehicles confused in a parking lot.
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John Hall
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02-10-2011, 10:44 AM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Shasta Lake,
CA
Cobra Make, Engine:
Posts: 26,594
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Kind of like back when Ferrari sued GM over the GTO. And they lost.
Ron
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02-10-2011, 12:00 PM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Midlothian,
TX
Cobra Make, Engine: Hurricane 427 Cobra #HM2008, Craft Performance 427w 600hp/600tq, TKO-600 close ratio, original Smiths gauges, lucas switches
Posts: 1,020
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Didn't Toyota have to quit using "T100" for its full size, or 3/4 size trucks because Ford claimed is sounded too much like F-150 ?
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Bob Worley
Hurricane HM-2008 build is done!! (for now....)
Craft Perfomance 427W / 600hp / 600tq - TKO600
I love it and I need it I bleed it ~ Yeah it's a wild hurricane ~ Alright, hold tight, I'm a highway star!!
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02-10-2011, 03:52 PM
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Senior ClubCobra Member
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Northern,
Ca
Cobra Make, Engine: LA Exotics
Posts: 1,037
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How silly. I doubt they will win. While both are vehicles, there is no possibility that a truck buyer will confuse a Ferrari for a truck. If anything, Ferrari has the image issue with a truck being confused with their vehicle.
There are dozens of 'Cobra' trademarks living in peace with each other . No reason these two can't.
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02-10-2011, 06:38 PM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Jacksonville Beach,
Fl
Cobra Make, Engine: Antique&Collectible 392 stroked
Posts: 155
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Ford hates Ferrari Isnt that why we have a GT40
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pops67
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02-10-2011, 07:23 PM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Kansas City,
KS
Cobra Make, Engine: jbl
Posts: 2,291
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lawyers on retainer have to do something, kinda like the government, if you're not doing anything they'll find something, no matter how stupid!
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02-11-2011, 04:58 AM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Cape Town, South Africa/Mainz, Germany,
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Wasn't it Peugeot who was on Porsche's case for the "0" in the name?
The 911 as meant to be a 901. (Just get a life, will you?)
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02-11-2011, 07:59 AM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Perth,
WA
Cobra Make, Engine: FFR Mk4 Roadster, LS3, TR6060, 8 3/4"
Posts: 432
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Well Ferrari caved and changed the name to F150th Italia.
But did you know Ford had to request Ferrari stop using the name, because a requirement of registering a trademark is that you defend it. Had Ford not done so, then they lose that trademark!
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Tim
FFR Mk4 Roadster
HSV Clubsport R8
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02-12-2011, 03:37 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Cobra Make, Engine:
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If Ford and Ferrari didn't start fighting way back when,,,,,,,would there have ever been a Cobra, or a Daytona coupe, or a GT-40?
Wasn't Henry vs Enzo the conceptual embryo of the Cobra??
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03-01-2011, 03:55 PM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: No city...only 118 residents in Manter,
KS
Cobra Make, Engine: Cobra Auto Works body, Ron Godell Racecars chassis, 1989 Mustang GT 5.0 HO (converted to carb), W/C T-5, 3.73's in a Ford 9" Traction-Loc.
Posts: 812
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jethrow
But did you know Ford had to request Ferrari stop using the name, because a requirement of registering a trademark is that you defend it. Had Ford not done so, then they lose that trademark!
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It is my understanding that is the reason Carrol Shelby has not prevailed in his lawsuits over the "Cobra" name. Apparently he allowed replica manufacturers to offer products with that name for too long before he decided to attempt to raise funds for his cardiac related endeavors through the lawsuits.
It was a great case of "You snooze, you lose"!
Cheers from Dugly 
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