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Larry S
··Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.Ok now caught up. What an arrogant turd! Note that Hamilton has no problem with Roland Murphy (former employee) dropping their old pocket watch movements into his model 222.
Hamilton vs "Hamilton"
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Ian_km
·He’s made me look at the Hamilton collection, just to support them, he really is a tool.
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Rasputin
·This is why F1 is almost totally irrelevant in the USA. The watch company is named after the founder of the City of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, who lived in the early 1700’s.
Lewis Hamilton might be Canadian by birth, but he should know better.
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BlackTalon
··This Space for RentMaybe Lewis Watch Co should sue him for diluting the marketing value of the name Lewis?
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pongster
·Maybe Lewis Watch Co should sue him for diluting the marketing value of the name Lewis?
maybe Hamilton, using the money he earned racing, should buy both Lewis Watch Co and Hamilton International and then just merge them.
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dbf73
·Guessing part of the issue is that IWC sponsors Hamilton’s team
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Rudi99
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asrnj77
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ConElPueblo
·From reading the article, it seems that she instigators were the company behind the racing outfit, not Lewis Hamilton himself.
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gatorcpa
··ΩF InvestiGatorFrom reading the article, it seems that she instigators were the company behind the racing outfit, not Lewis Hamilton himself.
That’s on the “company”, too.
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30T2
·Oh so this is the thread, I’m ok with. Nothing to see here🍿
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West Slope
·This is a very poorly reported issue (this story just repeats the same information without telling the full story). Lewis Hamilton's marketing company attempted to copyright his entire name for marketing products, some of which may or may not be watches and was opposed by Swatch, the owner of the Hamilton watch name. This (below) is one the few articles I have seen that explain the situation in a more comprehensive and thorough manner....while both parties may be subject to some level of ridicule due to the nature of the issue I am not sure why it has been reported in the way it has in most of the coverage I have read.
https://m.marketscreener.com/quote/...ws/Swatch-Defeat-For-World-Champion-31872037/
https://m.marketscreener.com/quote/...ws/Swatch-Defeat-For-World-Champion-31872037/
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Iceter
·The efforts to use “bad faith” to get the Swatch Group’s registration canceled are just legal wrangling and Lewis Hamilton’s lawyers’ efforts to save face after doing something stupid. They should have paid an IP firm to give them an opinion before trying to register their marks. They either didn’t, or they ignored good advice.
Any IP attorney would know that there is no way that Lewis Hamilton would be able to register his name for use on watches. The Swatch Group would be able to shut that down in short order in any court outside of China. Somebody on Lewis Hamilton’s team simply didn’t do his or her homework—or hoped that they could sneak the registration in without the real Hamilton watch people noticing.
It doesn’t matter what your name is. Your last name could be Rolex, but if you manufacture watches, you’re not going to be allowed to register “Rolex” for your watch company. Even a layman knows that.
Any IP attorney would know that there is no way that Lewis Hamilton would be able to register his name for use on watches. The Swatch Group would be able to shut that down in short order in any court outside of China. Somebody on Lewis Hamilton’s team simply didn’t do his or her homework—or hoped that they could sneak the registration in without the real Hamilton watch people noticing.
It doesn’t matter what your name is. Your last name could be Rolex, but if you manufacture watches, you’re not going to be allowed to register “Rolex” for your watch company. Even a layman knows that.
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West Slope
·The idea that the Hamilton brand would be negatively effected or cause confusion by a watch sold under the Lewis Hamilton name is comical at best. The average consumer may or may not have heard of the watch company but they sure as hell have heard of the F1 driver.
This was an attempt by both parties to stake a claim to the use of the name and one of them prevailed over the other. Every layman knows courts make decisions that get overturned all the time, but I suspect this was just a negotiating tactic by both parties and they will reach an agreement if/when Lewis's company decides to market a watch. Whether they should attempt to sell a watch is a different question for another time.
This was an attempt by both parties to stake a claim to the use of the name and one of them prevailed over the other. Every layman knows courts make decisions that get overturned all the time, but I suspect this was just a negotiating tactic by both parties and they will reach an agreement if/when Lewis's company decides to market a watch. Whether they should attempt to sell a watch is a different question for another time.
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pongster
·This is a very poorly reported issue (this story just repeats the same information without telling the full story). Lewis Hamilton's marketing company attempted to copyright his entire name for marketing products, some of which may or may not be watches and was opposed by Swatch, the owner of the Hamilton watch name. This (below) is one the few articles I have seen that explain the situation in a more comprehensive and thorough manner....while both parties may be subject to some level of ridicule due to the nature of the issue I am not sure why it has been reported in the way it has in most of the coverage I have read.
https://m.marketscreener.com/quote/...ws/Swatch-Defeat-For-World-Champion-31872037/
Enlightening. So it’s not like LH tried to stop Hamilton at all.
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STANDY
·Why didn’t he just team up with Hamilton to make a Lewis watch 😗
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pongster
·^ and there’s already a Lewis Watch Co. 😀
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Iceter
·Whether Hamilton watch might suffer any measurable damages from Hamilton the racer selling watches is irrelevant. Companies protect their trademarks. If you sell watches under a name, you don’t let someone else use that name to sell watches or anything related to watches.
You don’t spend decades building goodwill in a brand and then let some upstart steal your trademark.
You don’t spend decades building goodwill in a brand and then let some upstart steal your trademark.
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West Slope
·Good thing it isn't the same name.....
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arturo7
·Who would want to buy one of the guy's watches anyway?
They probably all run fast.
They probably all run fast.
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