Hello Nathan Collier

...the more you toot the better you feel.

There are no Wrangler Jeeps in Canada.

I think GM nailed them because a pickup is named Wrangler.

Mike

Shane wrote:

Like beans?

Wrangler Sahara has been Wrangler Renegade since 2000 in New Zealand because of an issue with Nissan. This was the explanation given to me by the Jeep dealer when I asked him why I couldn't find any late model Wrangler Sahara.

TW

Ah, well, there's an angle for you to pursue; The prior, unopposed use of the name.

I wouldn't do that were I you. I'm thinking that your first call should be to a trademark attorney. Have him evaluate your case and decide where to go from there. The best that you can hope for by contacting DC directly is for them to send you more "Go Back Now! Abandon All Hope!" letters, or a demand for 25% of the list price of the items you sell.

Naw, they would have found you eventually anyway, and demanded back royalties, so it is better that this happened now. BTW, it isn't about you or right and wrong or profit or even image, it is about a very narrow business point of view concerned only about not allowing their "intellectual property" to be diluted in any way or to fall into the public domain. You probably would have gotten a similar notice had you been a big fan of things made with a hook-and-loop fastening system and had called your product "Velcroids".

Excellent advice.

Robert Bills KG6LMV Orange County CA

...so eat some apples with every meal!

Better point, Chevy Berretta (cars of the 80s and early 90s) and the Baretta handguns. Court threw out the case saying that Chevy had in no way confused the handgun maker's idendity with their car models.

IP rights and copyright laws (and their practioners, as evidenced by these couple of posts) are all about money, which is a shame. Honestly, the US is too litigous for its own good and the reason is that college kids see law school as an easy buck when they get out IMO. Sadly, they've made that an accurate statement.

Funny how all these lawyers come out of the woodwork when a few bucks are at stake and NO ONE did anything when Bill Gates and Paul Allen stole Windows from Xerox. Justice Department couldn't even hurt them really when they do use undue force to get their wares on every PC-compatible machine produced. Moral, he who has the most money, has the lawyers' attention and loyalty. And barristers wonder why they have such a bad rap, IMO, they've earned it.