K. August
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- 25.11.2010
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Tajusin yhden asian, joka tukee GL:n väitettä TL:n tavaramerkkien laittomuudesta. Kahden foorumin loukkuun jääneenä kirjoitin sen autosport.comiin, koska täällä osataan todennäköisesti englantia paremmin kuin autosport.comissa suomea.
http://forums.autosport.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=139807&view=findpost&p=4775725
http://forums.autosport.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=139807&view=findpost&p=4775725
Eli, TL:n tavaramerkit on rekisteröity vasta GL:n myynnin jälkeen 80-luvun lopussa, kun taas GL:llä on Lotus-tavaramerkkejä, jotka ovat peräisin 50-luvulta. Joten ehkä GL saattaa käyttää tätä perusteena.As you can see also from my avatar, I don't anymore support 1Malaysia Racing Team to race as Team Lotus after Clive Chapman told his opinion. I understand his opinion. GL is still the same company started by Colin Chapman whereas 1Malaysia Racing Team (1MRT) is not the same company that run Team Lotus until 90s. Anyway, it’s a bit weird that the Chapmans separated GL and TL by selling GL to a different owner, and now they don’t accept that the Lotus F1 team is not run by GL.
Still, I wonder how come GL can claim Team Lotus Ventures (TLV) don’t have the rights to TL name. Then I realized this:
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/t-find-adp?propnum=0101212001
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/t-find-adp?propnum=0709822001
Some of GL’s trademarks date back to ‘50s whereas TLV’s trademarks have been registered after GL was sold off in ‘86, so GL can claim that TL had no rights to register TL trademarks. Until ‘86 TL could use GL’s trademarks as they had a common owner. Anyway, we don’t know what was agreed between TL and GM which bought GL. Did GM gave all the rights to TL name to TL, meaning TL can register their trademark? Or was it some kind of licence agreement which would mean TL wouldn’t have been allowed to register trademark? Or was GM interested only in car manufacturing and didn’t care about rights to TL and thus didn’t complain about TL’s trademarks.
I’m not a lawyer so I don’t know is it too late to complain about over 20 years old trademarks. At least in 1995 GL was able to go to the court because ACBC Team Lotus logo is too similar with ACBC Lotus logo.
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/o21098.pdf
GL’s problem was that they didn’t show the connection between vehicles and advertising services but in my opinion everybody can say F1 cars are vehicles.
Anyway, whatever the court decides I don’t anymore support 1MRT to race as Team Lotus. But I won’t support LRGP unless GL provides a proper reason to terminating the licence granted to 1MRT. In my opinion the reason why they haven’t told the reason to terminating the licence is that they don’t have a proper one. But should they provide a proper reason, I’d forgive them their actions against 1MRT.