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On the other hand, I remember reading years ago that Maserati tried to sue Audi over the name "Quattro", because they had a car called a "Quattroporte" (or possibly it was other way around, I can't remember), and they lost, because it was judged that you can't trademark the Italian word for "four". Daniel Baum 1969 Type 34 automatic Email: daniel@type34.info Homepage: http://www.type34.info > > For years I've heard that Peugeot trademarked "all 3 digit numbers with a zero > in the middle." So they owned 303, 404, 505, etc. In the 60s when Porsche was > coming out with the replacement for the 356 it was planned to be the 901, but > someone noticed at the last minute that this stepped on the Peugeot trademark. > So Porche introduced their new car as the 911. If you look at their parts > lists, however, you will find that the old 901 designation lives on in many of > the parts for that car. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org