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Well, actually, some companies retain trademarks on file:Besides, the P-51s were purchased by the U.S. government. The planes belonged to them and its not like an image of a warplane should ever become a trademark.
North American built a number of iconic aircraft. Which one would be a trademark?
North American Aviation (NAA) was a major American aerospace manufacturer, responsible for a number of historic aircraft, including the T-6 Texan trainer, the P-51 Mustang fighter, the B-25 Mitchell bomber, the F-86 Sabre jet fighter, the X-15 rocket plane, and the XB-70, as well as Apollo Command and Service Module, the second stage of the Saturn V rocket, the Space Shuttle orbiter and the B-1 Lancer.
Boeing retains the trademark for the P-51 Mustang:
And model kits, toys, likeness on t-shirts and I would imagine, an emblem on a fender or grill...Good work! The video game tms almost surely have the image trademarked.
And model kits, toys, likeness on t-shirts and I would imagine, an emblem on a fender or grill...
Ask Lee Iacocca, he's the one that wrote and spoke about it.How is an image of a P-51 copyrighted?
How could they prevent Ford from using it?
Besides, that is the name the UK Air Ministry gave it.
That's where it can get weird:Note that this very forum uses an image of a P-51 in its banner, almost certainly without paying any royalties.
If ww2aircraft uses a likeness in artwork form, that should pass muster, since the likeness is not being used in a commercial venture.
Many other people identify the Mustang with the maverick untamed wild horse in common culture.Even though the P-51 was purchased by the govt, NAA was well within its rights to have an image of it trademarked. Hell, I could take an image of the P-51 and use it as a trademark so long as it doesn't infringe on NAA intellectual property -- which is different from their design patents etc.
Again, that could be argued in court on an informal basis, especially because we so identify the Mustang with NAA in common culture, moreso than any other of the great planes and craft you've listed. NAA would still be hard-put without marca registrada to have a solid case.
So far as I can tell, the image or likeness of the P-51 doesn't belong to anyone legally.
Saturn was a planet before it was a rocket.Returning to the thread, the Saturn was mentioned as well as the Dodge Lancer. The Saturn was a missile, yet an aircraft.
Many other people identify the Mustang with the maverick untamed wild horse in common culture.
Where did the word "Mustang" come from?Of course. But we're talking about legalities here, not public perception.
Where did the word "Mustang" come from?
These ancestors were Spanish horses brought to North America by explorers during the 1500s. The cowboys who caught and sold mustangs during the 18th and 19 centuries were known as mustangers. The word mustang comes from the Spanish mestengo, "wild, stray, or having no master.
Fisher was a separate division responsible for the bodies of almost all GM cars up until 1984. The actually separate plants within the main car plant.Yes, the logo was to touch on their aircraft engine manufacturing heritage.
Same with many older GM vehicles, which had a carriage logo on the rocker panel step plate: "Body by Fisher".
Fisher manufactured carriages and buggies before the advent of the automobile.
Are you saying that a P-51 is shaped like a wild horse?Who owns the marca registrada for an airplane shaped like a Mustang?
You're ignoring completely the point, so I won't be interacting with you any more. I'll suggest you look up intellectual property, but doubt you'll actually do that as you seem to be deliberately ignoring the point already.
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