Garść informacji nt. planów BMW

[mms023]

Może to kogoś zainteresuje. Jak będę miał jakieś zdjęcia/wykresy/scany itp. to wrzucę. Jak już to było to sorry - nie sprawdzałem.

 

Lift 3-ki - zmienią światła a'la Daewoo, nowe zderzaki i przetłoczenia maski - prezentacja w Genewie 08'

 

Nowe M3 Cabrio - już testowane na Nurburgringu - debiut w USA 08'

 

Nowe wersje M3 (sedan i kombi) - debiut w USA 08'

 

2-sprzęgłowa skrzynia do nowych emek (na razie)!!! Będzie się nazywać "M-DCT" i mieć 7 (sic!) biegów. Manual będzie dalej oferowany. Prezentacja wraz z nowymi nadwoziami emek. DSG nie będzie już oferowane.

 

BMW M5 Twin Turbo - odp. na RS6 - minimalnie zmienione nadwozie (większe wloty powietrza, przetłoczenia, inne nastawy podwozia), moc koło 600KM - 2 sprężarki.

 

Od nowej 7-mki zamiast literą E modele będą oznaczane literą F.

 

Koniec 08'/początek 09' nowa klasa V - podniesione, przestronne kombi na bazie 5 - konkurencja R-Klasy MB (możliwe 4x4).

 

Nowe X3 w 2010r.

 

Tyle na razie.

 

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[zalew]

oraz

 

BMW zarejestrowalo ostatnio 2 znaki towarowe:

- M10

- 555 (to moze byc wlasnie twinturbo, nie mpower)

[mms023]

Ponadto BMW dostało bana od Kanadoli. Przegrało w Kanadzie z Infiniti w sprawie o używanie literki M do topowych modeli marki. Pierwszą rozprawę wygrało Monachium ale Nissan odwołał się od wyroku i Federalny Sąd Administracyjny uznał, że M należy tylko do oznaczania Infiniti M35 i M45.

[_Tomek_]

Ponadto BMW dostało bana od Kanadoli. Przegrało w Kanadzie z Infiniti w sprawie o używanie literki M do topowych modeli marki. Pierwszą rozprawę wygrało Monachium ale Nissan odwołał się od wyroku i Federalny Sąd Administracyjny uznał, że M należy tylko do oznaczania Infiniti M35 i M45.

 

Skąd ta informacja? Bo w wyroku stoi:

 

[112] That judgment allows the plaintiffs? claim for declaratory relief that the defendant?s use of the letter M and the descriptor M6 as trade-marks violates the plaintiffs? proprietary rights in the trade-marks M and M6, contrary to s. 7 (b) of the Act. The defendant is henceforth restrained, as are its officers, directors, servants, agents, employees and any others over whom it exercises control from directly or indirectly directing public attention to its wares and business in any way, including by advertising, promoting, offering for sale or selling, that is likely to cause confusion with the wares of the plaintiffs in Canada by using the marks M and M6 as trade-marks in association with automobiles, parts and accessories.

 

 

 

[113] The defendant is also ordered to deliver to the plaintiffs or to destroy under oath, all literature, invoices, packaging, signs, advertisements, promotional or marketing material, printed or otherwise recorded, in the possession, custody or control of the defendant which may be considered to offend the injunction now granted.

 

http://decisions.fct-cf.gc.ca/en/2007/2007fc262/2007fc262.html

 

A potem jeszcze apelacja:

[37] In this case, there was no evidence before the trial judge demonstrating damages and no finding of damages. It was not open to the trial judge to presume damages. In the absence of such evidence, this Court finds that the trial judge erred in law by allowing the claim for passing off of the M and M6 marks under paragraph 7(b) of the Act.

http://decisions.fca-caf.gc.ca/en/2007/2007fca255/2007fca255.html

 

 

Czyli w skrócie sąd uznał że Infinity nie narusza prawa stosując te oznaczenia. Teraz BMW może się odwołać do Supreme Court - zobaczymy co z tego wyniknie:)

[mms023]

Pewnie się odwołają - to w końcu duży rynek zbytu :D . Sprawa jest rozwojowa. Generalni poszło o to, że Infiniti używał nazwy M6 w czasie kiedy BMW M6 nie było oferowane w Kanadzie. Z drugiej strony - to dla BMW świetna reklama, biorąc pod uwagę zeznania świadków nt. skojarzeń z nazwą M. :D

 

Mr. Paul Tennyson, was of a family that had owned many BMW cars over the years, He had himself owned about 8 such cars, including 2 M5’s. For him, BMW is synonymous with ultimate performance, quality and exclusivity in automobiles and its M takes those qualities to the highest level. He had first seen a Nissan billboard in 2005 on Bloor Street in Toronto when his wife pointed it out to him, remarking on the featured large M symbol. He first thought it was an ad for BMW, for a new M5 car that he expected would soon be on the market. When he looked more closely, and as he later observed from Infiniti ads in magazines, he realized that the M symbol was used by Nissan. His view of the M mark, which he had considered to be synonymous with BMW, and exclusive to BMW, was tarnished by promotion of M for Infiniti in the advertising he saw.

 

A second witness, Mr. Norman Tam, of Vancouver, an admirer of BMW cars, particularly the M cars, who hopes to own one some day, first saw television advertising in July 2006 for Infiniti, featuring the letter M, with voice-over discussion of adaptive headlights, high performance and body style features. At first he thought it was a BMW ad for the new M series he expected to be released that year, but at the end of the ad the voice-over referred to the new M series from Infiniti. He was confused, because of his association of M with BMW. He first thought BMW had bought out Infiniti. When he found that was not the case he was left with a sense of bad taste by Infiniti’s use of the letter M. In cross-examination he admitted he had not closely watched the TV ad, and he did not know Nissan had been selling its M45 vehicle for four years or more. His first impression on seeing the ad was that it was a BMW ad.

 

Mr. Joseph Lee, of Calgary, has owned BMW cars since 1986, including an M3. The letter M represents to him very high performance BMW cars. He appreciates the engineering, performance, handling and styling of those cars. Among his friends there is continuing discussion about who will purchase the next M car, from BMW. Mr. Lee first observed an ad featuring the letter M, from Infiniti it turned out, while watching the Golf channel on television. He was surprised when he learned by the end of the ad that it was from Infiniti. He had thought until then that BMW had an exclusive right to use the letter M, as if it were a patent or a brand name.

 

Itd.

 

Podobnie było kiedyś z Porsche 911 i jakoś sobie poradzili. Nowa Panda też miała się nazywać Gingo a Renault ich objechało za to, że nazwa jest podobna do Twingo :duh: i muszą ją zmienić co właściwie wyszło Fiatowi na dobre.

 

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