Just the record keeping procedure for thousands of minimal fee licenses
would coat $1000.00 a year per licensee.
How many people you think would be willing to pay for something that they
can steal and probably get away with.

Stan Wilder
Engine Ceramics
214-352-4931
www.engineceramics.com
----- Original Message -----

From: "Mark Tuovinen" <mst@AK.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: Friday- Re: VW SUCKS...Re: name change of Volks Cafe...

> They could just license the right to use the name for a minimal fee.  Ford
did this with a lot of companies.
>
> Mark in AK
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
> Date: Friday, October 21, 2005 8:40 am
> Subject: Re: Friday-  Re: VW SUCKS...Re: name change of Volks Cafe...
>
> > Yup, they have to... trademark law basically boils down to "Defend
> > it or
> > lose it to public domain".
> >
> > VW (or any compnay) can only keep it's trademark by relentlessly
> > chasingdown all unlicensed users of the mark and slapping cease
> > and desist orders
> > on them. So, if you think it's limited to VW, I invite you to
> > check the
> > following link (and remember, it's Friday):
> >
> >
> > http://www.metrostate.com/library/stories/01/mar/NationalPost.htm
> >
> >
> > At 11:27 AM 10/21/2005 -0500, Stan Wilder wrote:
> > >Do you suppose that VW has little mini Nazi's monitoring all the
> > VW blogs,
> > >lists, vendors, E baze, wrecking yards, BenT page?
> > >
> > >Stan Wilder
> > >Engine Ceramics
> > >214-352-4931
> > >www.engineceramics.com
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "BenT Syncro" <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
> > >To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> > >Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 10:34 AM
> > >Subject: Re: VW SUCKS...Re: name change of Volks Cafe...
> > >
> > >
> > >Chris,
> > >  Aren't you afraid Volkswagen will come knocking on JordanVW's
> > door at the
> > >farm in Philly?
> > >  A certain Horace Kimbrell Sawyer from Georgia, once offered to
> > defend my
> > >use of the name Vanagon Cafe pro bono last time this
> > controversary popped
> > >up. You remember him don't you? No, I don't mean the cause for
> > the deceased
> > >senator/former singer. Nor Bono who said "You Too?"
> > >  I could always call it BenT Cafe. Bent to please VW's then.
> > >  Anyway, this is neither here nor there but Vanagon Construction
> > which used
> > >to pop-up on my net searches for the word "Vanagon" seems to have
> > >disappeared. Who could be next? I can see it now. The headlines
> > reads,>"Vanagon Deconstruction".
> > >  BenT but still STR8
> > >
> > >
> > >  On 10/21/05, JordanVw@aol.com <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > In a message dated 10/20/05 7:29:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > > > jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM writes:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > IIRC, Peter told me that they've been in negotiations with
> > VW for over 6
> > > > > years. I don't think there was any more room at the end of
> > the rope.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > >
> > > > > Jeff
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Jeff...arent you worried alittle about this as well? i'd think
> > the name
> > > > "Vanagon" is also trademarked by VW and their bored lawyers
> > would be
> > > > knocking on
> > > > your door next too.. do you think they will?
> > > >
> > > > chris
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >--
> > >BenT
> >