Re: Tacky Awards ( February 1998)

[Garrett Wollman <wollman>]

<<On Tue, 16 Feb 1999 11:34:16 -0500, "Bill O'Neill" <billo@erols.com> said:

> Isn't the production concept intellectual property of VW &/or its
> agents?

No.  A ``production concept'' cannot be intellectual property of
anyone.  (Joe or Doug is welcome to break in here as I get it all
wrong.)  Furthermore, Jordan's can probably claim that their ad was a
parody of the VW spot, which would let them off the hook completely.
Finally, it's also possible that their lawyers talked to VW's lawyers,
who said ``OK so long as you use the same car.''

- -GAWollman

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