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Trademarks are only protected in the US if there is risk of consumer confusion during commerce: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark_infringement#Factors ht
by hangonhn 8y ago
Trademarks are only protected in the US if there is risk of consumer confusion during commerce:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark_infringement#Factors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark_infringement#Factors
- trhway 8y agoThere is definitely a credible risk of consumer confusion here - when a consumer faces a need to cheat a test it is unclear which Volkswagen the consumer would have to use. I think the original auto Volkswagen has a strong case here (note - IANAL, just another confused consumer).
- taf2 8y agoWe should file a suite against Volkswagen just to test - I’m sure it’ll pass