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RE: Logo Infringement



.....or brand new Audi's.....

Dan
'81 Rabbit Sportruck
'87 16v Scirocco
'00 Jetta
Tam-pa, FL
http://home.earthlink.net/~danws69/index.html

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
[mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of MrAudi
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 18:00
To: Dirk Schneider; scirocco-mail list
Subject: Re: Logo Infringement


i plan to write them a letter. it is riduculous. first off, even if you were
selling parts for sciroccos on your site, who cares!! its not like you can
walk into a vw dealership and buy parts for it. vw should be flattered that
people like sciroccos enough to even spend the time building a website about
them. ahhhh but there is another side to this coin that even i wasn't
thinking about. our passion for these less than new cars puts nothing in
vw's pocket book. they don't want us to like these cars, they want us to go
out and buy brand new volkswagens. my .02

Jason Neubold
86 Tornado Red 16v
85 Tornado Red Audi Coupe GT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dirk Schneider" <SCIROCCO2@t-online.de>
To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
Cc: "Takacs Attila" <attila@scirocco.hu>; "Macsek" <macsek@scirocco.hu>;
"Sam" <Sam@samworld.de>
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 9:38 AM
Subject: Fw: Logo Infringement


> Hello listers,
>
> just got this stupid e-mail below.
> did anyone else get such an e-mail recently ?
>
> is this important for me ? ( as it isn't written in german so how should I
read it ?? )
>
>
> ARE THEY CRAZY OR WTF ????
>
> what is next ?  www.scirocco.org maybe ???
>
> slightly irritated
> Dirk
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ceaseanddesist@legal-warning" <ceaseanddesist@legal-warning.com>
> To: <SCIROCCO@t-online.de>
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 5:33 PM
> Subject: Logo Infringement
>
>
> RE:  First Letter/Logo Infringement
> Mark:  VW®
> File:  258
> Dear Mr. Dirk Schneider:
>
> We represent Volkswagen of America, Inc. ("VWoA"), a wholly-owned
> subsidiary and exclusive U.S. importer of cars manufactured by Volkswagen
> AG ("Volkswagen") and Audi AG ("Audi"). VWoA is charged with protecting
> trademarks associated with those cars and has asked us to contact you on
> its behalf.
>
> VWoA learned that you are using Volkswagen's registered mark VW® on your
> website SCIROCCO2.DE. However, the above referenced mark is a registered
> trademark belonging to Volkswagen, and may not be used without the
> express permission of the owner. Your use of this mark, and the use of
> the SCIROCCO advertisement on your website, violates the Lanham Act, 15
> U.S.C. §§ 1114, 1125, and infringes upon Volkswagen's state and common
> law trademark rights.
>
> On behalf of VWoA, we request that upon receipt of this letter you cease
> and desist from using their registered mark on your website, and on all
> advertising or promotional materials. Your continuing use of this mark is
> misleading to the public and constitutes a misappropriation of customer
> goodwill developed and paid for by Volkswagen. For your information, VW
> was recently awarded damages in the excess of $250,000 against an
> independent garage that refused to cease using VW's logos. Volkswagen is
> very diligent in enforcing trademark rights, and will not tolerate
> infringements such as yours.
>
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Stephen J. Arpaia, Esq.
>
> -------------------------------
> IP Protector, LLC
> http://ipprotector.com
> 2604 Elmwood Avenue, #178
> Rochester, NY 14618 - 2295
> -------------------------------
>
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