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Seems like naming a product F1 when that's one of the most popular motor sport brands in the world might be slightly a bad idea in terms of trademark / branding
by 71a54xd 3y ago
Seems like naming a product F1 when that's one of the most popular motor sport brands in the world might be slightly a bad idea in terms of trademark / branding?
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- qmarchi 3y agoOne could go either way, but Trademark wise, they're probably considered to be in different markets/domains, and thus have enough of a separation to not actually win that suit. Think Monster Energy losing all of their suits around other using "Monster".
- netsharc 3y agoI think Formula One can say a phone company is planning a Formula One branded phone "real soon now" and C&D this phone... There was once a McLaren-branded OnePlus 6T: https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/oneplus-6t-mclaren-edition-smartphone/4311860/#gal-4311860-featured-gallery1-mclaren-oneplus-salute-to-speed-42333675 https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/oneplus-6t-mclaren-editio...
- Stevvo 3y agoI don't see a problem. It's not like there are pictures of race cars in their branding or anything else that might confuse a consumer. e.g. the design of the site is about as far from anything motorsport as possible.