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John Welch wrote about this as far back as 2005: That’s not just because I believe that it awards a forbidden “right in gross” to big trademark owners, but because it is hard to prove to the TTAB’s satisfaction (and if this isn’t resolved between the two companies, it will certainly end up in the TTAB). The problem with that it’s not such a great idea to be “in the family way” at the PTO. One, by contrast, is probably Ford’s present focus, and it’s a little different from the approach Mansour at least seems to suggest.įirst approach: MODEL E is an obvious member, or future member, of the Ford Motor Company “MODEL X” “family of marks.” Thus, as Mansour says, “Besides the most famous Model T, Ford also produced the Models A, B, C, F, K, N, R, S, T and Y between the years 19.” So E fits right in there, and is arguably as good a fit for the family-of-marks concept as you can imagine. It would seem that his argument can actually go one of two ways. Mandour’s description of Ford’s likely argument is probably correct: “MODEL E? We’re the Model-Alphabet-Letter guys here!” If it isn’t obvious from the blog item, it’s obvious from the application by Tesla that its application was filed on an intent-to-use (ITU) basis. Tesla may or may not quite be in the category of “the world’s most well known car manufacturers, but on what basis do we say that the better-known Ford Motor Company is any more entitled to claim MODEL E as as a trademark than Tesla is? MODEL T trademark: In any color you want, as long as it’s back Besides the most famous Model T, Ford also produced the Models A, B, C, F, K, N, R, S, T and Y between the years 19. Ford historically rolled out the Model T in 1908, which was the first car to ever be produced for the masses by assembly line. While Ford never actually made a Model E automobile, they may have a viable claim to a historical right in the name, due to its classic formula of naming cars “Model” with a single letter following.
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filed a trademark application for “Model E,” in several classes of goods, including that for “Automobiles and structural parts therefor.” This was enough to sufficiently stir up Ford’s attorneys and Ford, in turn, filed its own application for the same name on December 3, 2013. Two of the world’s most well known car manufacturers are going head to head over the trademark right to the name “Model E.” Records on file with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) show that on August 5, 2013, Tesla Motors, Inc. Here’s an intriguing item I picked up from the Intellectual Property News blog, which is run by Mansour & Asssociates*: