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On the subject of the name of the new Ferrari F1 car, the company wishes to point out that it has sent a letter of reply to Ford, underlining the fact that the Ferrari F150th Italia designation (used as the abbreviated version of the complete name, which is Ferrari F150th Italia) never has, nor ever will be used as the name of a commercially available product.
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Just a small correction mate. It's Ford F-150 vs Ferrari F150adam2007 wrote:...
ferrari f150
ford 150
i dont see the problem? not like ferrari have called it the "ford 150" how petite really cum on. its just a number
Oh, no, that wasn't really my point. More that because Bond has an association with car companies, then if other cars are named "Bond-like" this could be seen as an infringement on the agreement that whichever company is associated to Bond at the time has with the franchise. I'm assuming here that said car company will have bought into the franchise for their car to feature.gridwalker wrote:@Horse : Bond has also driven a Lotus Esprit (submarine edition) and a remote control BMW, so it is hardly as if the Aston connection is set in stone ...
Yes, but some search engines ignore the "-", so from the previous example, typing "F-150" will yield the same results as typing "F150". I tried it with google and got the same results.n_anirudh wrote:Well clearly, there is a difference between the way they are spelled
Ford has it as F-150
while its just F150 for the Ferrari, although the pronunciation is the same.
Not a bad idea actually.kilcoo316 wrote:They might end up renaming it to the Ferrari F-CL
(Roman numerals)
On my machine, there was an image of a Ferrari on page one of google images, but all of the rest were of the Ford truck.Pandamasque wrote:As far as the marketing profits go, this whole name malarchy is more beneficial to Ford than anything. Have you tried Googling images of F150? The first pic of a Ferrari comes up at page 21!
http://www.google.com/images?q=F150&hl= ... 00&ndsp=20
Then Daimler company would sue... because of Mercedes CLtimbo wrote:Not a bad idea actually.kilcoo316 wrote:They might end up renaming it to the Ferrari F-CL
(Roman numerals)
... They can't actually believe a Formula 1 team would try to trade on the image and goodwill of a BIG HEAVY SLOW PICKUP TRUCK. I'm from the U.S. and absolutely embarrassed by this ...Lindz wrote:And now for the comedy hour:
F-150® is an established and important Ford trademark and the name of the best-seller in Ford's F-Series, America's best-selling trucks for 34 years and best-selling vehicles for 29 years. Through extensive sales and advertising and exclusive use, Ford has earned invaluable goodwill in the F-150® trademark. That hard-won goodwill is seriously threatened by Ferrari's adoption of "F150."
When Ferrari announced the name of its race car as "F150," Ford asked Ferrari to change the name. Ferrari did not respond in a timely manner, leaving Ford no choice but to take legal action to protect its important brand and trademark rights.
