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BigAl (Alan):
Thanks for the information Steve
I wonder if the judgement applies to dealers bringing second hand bikes from the USA to sell in the UK, could they advertise them as HONDA...the judgement did apply to motorcycles and motorcycle parts

kaceyk2:
Thanks Steve, now I understand..... 
BigAl, it would seem that way wouldn't it, if we were to sell an imported honda we would have to take the "Honda" logo off everything?
Beuocracy like this has plunged our nation into totall stupidity. Red tape, and health and safety (gone overboard) too.
To illustrate this ridiculous behaviour.. heres an example of court ruling a little off topic, but maybe of interest.
Nick turner, as you probably know is "ex-hawkwind"
I know, and you know he used to play sax with hawkwind. He knows he is "ex hawkwind" too. (after all he was there allthough he may not remember everything...but thats another story entirely)
Many people (because of the nature of Hawkwind) are "ex-hawkwind"
Nick decided to put a band together of "ex-hawkwind" musicians..
They decided to call themselves ( funnily enough) "ex-hawkwind"
Then they got slapped with court papers by Dave. Brock... who is not "ex" and owns the hawkwind name.
Even though they are "ex-hawkwind" they are not allowed to call themselves that....
To me , anyways,
Not allowing courts to use  discretion and common sense, will inevitably result in decisions that favour the rich when they pursue their so called "case" using top notch silks argueing the "letter of the law" even if the "letter" was not intended for that particular purpose.
 

kaceyk2:
Here is living proof that courts are not allowed to use commen sense or discretion.....when faced with the mighty law giants of the corporations.... heres a link to some macdonald court cases against ordinary folk..
including a man Born Ronald Macdonald.... scroll down the page to the trademark/ copyright part.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald%27s_legal_cases

hairygit:
Only just read this thread, absolutely gutted by Honda and the attitude to Dave Silver. Does nobody in the big H realise that the best advert to sell new bikes is the sight and sound of 30+year old bikes running around, still working reliably enough to use as everyday transport? I also drive a 1958 landrover :-[ , crude, slow, and cold in winter (Heaters were an extra cost option until 1973!) but still it chugs on, often rescuing othe cars when the weather gets bad, and no problem getting parts from a main dealer (and more often than not, cheaper than pattern parts!) Long and short of it is, the local dealership has a 1950 series one landrover that they use as a recovery truck, and it's always parked in full view at the front of the shop, and many would be customers are swayed by the fact it is still so reliable. Honda could learn a lot from them, and how to treat customers of older models!

matthewmosse:
Amen to that. they could learn from Landrover on that front, almost everything we need for our 2 is there on the shelf at a reasonable cost, in fact it's only engine bits for their less common 2.0d engine that are hard to get and even then I can buy a nos crank for

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