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This no legal advice, but in the USA to make a Satire you should be able to use the VW name. The same way the Silicon Valley series uses real company names on t
by base 8y ago
This no legal advice, but in the USA to make a Satire you should be able to use the VW name. The same way the Silicon Valley series uses real company names on their episodes.
- kevin_thibedeau 8y agoUsing the VW logo as "satire" would be a stretch.
- hangonhn 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark_infringement#Factors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark_infringement#Factors There would be no consumer confusion nor is this done for commerce. I think he's pretty safe as far as trademark goes.
- briandear 8y agoNot safe from being forced to respond to a lawsuit though — even if you ultimately win.
- SilasX 8y agoMore so for using it in way that makes it technically correct to say that "Volkswagen detects when your code is only being tested and then makes it pass."