Re: 2010 Yenko/SC Camaro
Tom:
Two things, to Sal's point, several years ago on this forum the statements were made "if Don did not build it, it ain't a Yenko." Those thoughts were echoed throughout this forum. Now a group on this forum decides to build a 2010 Yenko and it's agood idea. I believe that was his intitial point. Outside of this forum people perceive this website group as very "clickish". I am glad to see this type of debate, this is how it should be.
Second, to Sal's point also, Sal and I are both elected into SEMA/ARMO by our peers. We work with GM, Ford and Chrysler licensing personell and have sit down meetings with them at SEMA concerning "how to do it right and legal" Sal was simply stating, you should do this legal. According to the trademark office Yenko is owned by Classic Industries in all concerns automotive except model cars/toys. The Yenko family does not own there own name in regards to putting it on a car for commercial purposes. As paceme said earlier in this thread that I responded to, Yes you can buy a Yenko decal and put it on your Yugo and have no problems. The moment you put it on a car and sell or market the car for commercial purposes you have violated the law. IT is a simple fact the name it TRADEMARKED. So the question is are you doing it legally? Or is this going to be another fight in the industry and result in legal issues and lawsuits. The are things going on with the Yenko name out there that Sal and I know about but are not allowed to discuss. Both of us feel you owe this forum a straight answer as not to get peoples hopes up and then have them crashing down when you cannot produce the cars. I am not meaning to challenge you, just simply answer Sal's original question(s) By the way, I have been through the legal side of this, the use of Camaro, licensed with GM, sued and defended myself since all of this was introduced, has anyone else here been through the legal side of this?
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