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Cutoff denim jacket and patches
Trigger:
--- Quote from: Oddjob on August 04, 2023, 08:46:44 PM ---Honda seem to strenuously protect the Honda logo, which as you say Nigel is a Trademark not copyrighted. Plus my daughter has just been made a partner in a large law firm so she can always defend me ;D ;D ;D
My badge isn't the same as the original badge, it's just a collection of letters and numbers arranged in a certain order using a similar font. It's also cloth not plastic, it's also worth noting that you cannot seem to find non genuine tank badges but there are plenty of side panels badge copies circulating and advertised on Ebay, you can also buy 500 aftermarket side panel badges sold by DS and we all know he doesn't fall foul of Hondas legal dept.
Roo I spotted this the other day when I was originally looking, not as good as mine should be and more expensive as well, plus only the F part is embroidered so when it gets washed the printing will fade over time.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/263386731879?hash=item3d53129567:g:ZNMAAOSwIJlaMctT&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA8LdznWBP6ikjagyApCdu9xRHfox307nIoNB%2BxzLZjcROM%2BDsFDN%2FON5l4JdlwNhoW%2FamD7v6Rl%2FaLPiC0%2FNX%2F3lr%2FkV3NCQtBk2HpMTeJTUFxuVUbWg0BvGvXFVqmZLZYeqL8EoysIpFAoC2pZbSnRfqC14Inu8DRfSXjYOPDNJX0jukYGs5R5faEUgxtQX8rgvmRNOv%2Fax%2BKsBTG7FbR0D65aPTnI5xOyBuTxiFW206fz6wr3tJUhihSOPNlFc%2FHBa%2BfsgqUppqdmoQ3c%2B37nUqKn%2B9aJt9Db3WTzU4XLMadscZl7ExyhZ4gTnRHFXwlA%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR6KPzK60Yg
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It is not just the Honda logo, it can be a bearing, decals without the Honda word on it and so on. It also depends on the county of manufacture and were it is sold from.
Oddjob:
Well as DS are selling copies of these badges I think I'm safe.
Mine is roughly the same as Supermarkets selling own brand stuff that looks almost the same as the brand name but it isn't.
Trigger:
--- Quote from: Oddjob on August 04, 2023, 10:21:38 PM ---Well as DS are selling copies of these badges I think I'm safe.
Mine is roughly the same as Supermarkets selling own brand stuff that looks almost the same as the brand name but it isn't.
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Is Sliver sell them then, he will have a licence in place with Honda to do so. DSS have been taken to court quite a few times by Honda so, Sliver has learnt the power of the Honda lawyers.
Bryan used to deal with a company in Canada that did decals and i know they were fined a large amount of $$$$
Laverdaroo:
In that case Ken, can I have a 400 and a 550 chocolate bar please?
Sugar free of course though
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Oddjob:
Well I can say that research has shown they do not own the trademark of the words 500Four, even if it did it would ONLY apply to products made of the same material, they own trademarks for example of the word Valkyrie, they had to trademark examples of what was allowed and what wasn't. One was the definition of books and the other anything on paper like pamphlets, which you would think also applied to books but no it didn't, they were forced to trademark it especially so you couldn't use the subject in books or decals.
They don't appear to have trademarked any of the words you'd expect, 750 four also isn't trademarked. They did trademark the letter H though but it only applies to anything resembling their version of the letter or we couldn't use the letter H in any writing, which of course would be ridiculous, you cannot trademark something in common use. For instance the soap powder Surf is trademarked but if I was to say I want to go and surf they can't do anything about that, if I was to have a badge made saying born to surf, they couldn't do anything.
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