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HH56 wrote:
I am curious how so many companies could call themselves "Packard" just like they were associated with Packard Motor or Packard Electric companies back in the day. Were there no brand or trademark laws or did Packard somehow give up the rights. With the real Packard still in business it was not like today where so many of the old defunct brand names have been bought up and legally used to sell mostly shoddy Chinese merchandise so how did they get away with it. McDonalds or Apple or whatever other established company you can name today have lawyers coming out of the woodwork if someone even thinks of using anything resembling their name or trademark.
As I have mentioned before, the Packard Club
Cormorant magazine featured an article a few years back that covered the various and numerous items made and sold under a "Packard" name. Can't recall the exact issue but it is in the Index of Packard Cormorant back issues and likely can still be ordered. It was also pointed out that these items had no connection to PMCC, but most were obviously cheesing off of the prestige of the Packard automobile
As for specificity of trademarks, this was not the reason that PMCC didn't go after people using the name. Times back then were just not as litigious as today. And knock-offs in most cases were also not as prevalent. To wit... one does not need to be strictly in the bicycle biz to have fleets of lawyers repping Schwinn to descend on anything using that name. Cease & Desist letters are well known in this case.
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