Lexus Lawsuit against Lincoln

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I have seen many threads on here about Lexus threating to sue Lincoln over the LS nameplate. Namely when it was supposed to be LS6 and LS8. I have searched evreywhere for info on this and I come back with nothing. I think this is just a myth. Other wise Wouldn't infiniti sue Pontiac over the "G" name plate? After all the G35(now the G37) was out a few years before the G6 or the G8. And wouldn't people sue over the use of GT. Mustang carries it as well as the G8 even the Hyndaui tiburon. To mention a few. The GT is just a trim package as well as the 6 or the 8 would have been on the Ls. If any one has some proof I would love to see it. Thanks
 
Lexus is just money whores...I still can't understand why their resale value is so high when they vehicles look like :q:q:q:q after 1-2years. I laugh how dirty and faded the paint is on every 2007 or older Lexus that is on the road.
 
The GT badge first came out in the 60's by Ford. It was first used on the Fairlane, then on to other models of Ford. Everyone uses the LS badge to show off a trim package.
 
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common...many things can stand for LS......Lexus is just full of pussies
 
I do remember it quite well. I never saw any proof as in any court documents or anything but I'm sure it was mentioned the major magazines at the time. The issue wasn't with LS but having the number included after LS. They claimed that the nameplate followed by a number would be too close to their existing LS400 & LS430 car line and could cause confusion among consumers.

Brent
 
Lexus is owned by Toyota no? That would explain? :p
 
Yea I agree that the Lexus is way overpriced and really small interiors not to mention. But I still haven't seen any proof of a lawsuit. And as for the Gt, I believe it was first used by Porshe, I could be wrong though. And as for the Ls as a trim code, Chevy has used that for a very long time as a trim code. But I still think the lawsuit part with Lexus is just a myth.
 
Wikipedia-Lincoln LS:

"Model naming controversy

Lincoln originally intended to designate LS models as "LS6" and "LS8", depending on the engine size option. Toyota threatened a trademark infringement lawsuit, due to the similar naming scheme used on the Lexus LS, while at the same time, Ford threatened a lawsuit regarding the Toyota T150 concept, arguing that the name was too close to that of the F150. Lincoln settled on designating the cars as "LS V6" and "LS V8" and Toyota changed the name of their pickup truck to the Tundra."
 
I don't believe anything from wickepedia, people can just write :q:q:q:q in there, but good catch on the trucks.
 
The issue with the Lexus lawsuit is that Lincoln wanted the call the car LS6 and LS8 which were ALREADY names for lexus cars. You can ADD GT to anyother name as long as the original name isnt copied. LS6 and LS8 was completely copied from Lexus, thus infringing on a trademarked automotive name.
 
Gipp I already stated that in my first post. Iam looking for actual proof. Like i said Infiniti isn't suing pontiac over the G nameplate. The G35 or 37 compared to the pontiac G 6 or 8. I still think this is a myth, Why wouldn't Lexus go after Mercedes and the E class. You have the Lexus e330 and the benz e550 0r 500.
 
Gipp I already stated that in my first post. Iam looking for actual proof. Like i said Infiniti isn't suing pontiac over the G nameplate. The G35 or 37 compared to the pontiac G 6 or 8. I still think this is a myth, Why wouldn't Lexus go after Mercedes and the E class. You have the Lexus e330 and the benz e550 0r 500.

The mercedes E class was around long before lexus had one...btw isn't it a ES, not E.....WTF man?
 
Lol, Toyota merely THREATNED a lawsuit, there was never one filed therefore you will not find any written "proof". Lincoln changed the name from LS6 to LS V6 under the condition toyota changed the T150 to Tundra.. Saving both maufaturers from a lawsuit and thus being swept under the rug.

The name is supposed to be evocative but has no grand meaning. Pontiac chose it because it likes the letter G — GTO, GTP, Grand Prix, Grand This, Grand That, Grand The Other. And 6, besides suggesting a mid-range car (on a scale of 10, anyway) is a number that legally could be used with G without inviting a lawsuit from owners of other G-series alphanumeric nomenclature.

For instance, Lexus uses letters to indicate relative size and numbers to denote the engine size in liters. Think of the ES 330 as the "executive sedan" with a 3.3-liter engine and the LS 430 as the "luxury sedan" with a 4.3-liter. The carmaker borrowed from gran turismo (the original long-distance auto races, not the video games) to come up with its gran sedan (GS).An international sedan (IS)-not coincidentally, a big seller in Europe-and a sport coupe (SC) complete the passenger car lineup. The SUVs follow a similar pattern. The RX signals a "recreational crossover" and LX, "luxury crossover."

BMW and Mercedes have used similar grammar for years. For BMW, the first digit represents the class-3, 5, 6 or 7 Series, in increasing order of size. The German carmaker reserves odd-numbered series for sedans and even-numbered ones for coupes. The last two digits indicate the engine size in deciliters-or, at least, they usually do. In just one example of understatement, the BMW 325i has a 3-liter engine, not a 2.5-liter as its designation would imply. Letters at the end denote other specifics-i for injection (a vestige of the era when you needed to distinguish between carburetors and new-fangled fuel injectors), x for all-wheel drive, C for coupe, L for long wheelbase, to name a few.

For another thing, carmakers encounter fewer trademark infringement problems with letters and numbers than they do with names. That didn't stop Nissan's upscale Infiniti brand from filing a lawsuit against Audi over use of the letter Q to designate a line of SUVs recently. But on the whole BMW doesn't care that Mazda also has models known as 3 and 5.

I hope that helps to answer your questions...
 
I know all about what you said Gipp. And I was talking about the similarity in the t150 and f150 nameplates. I forgot all about the t150, no need to believe wickepedia on that one since I know both of those veichles exist. But Gipp I was looking for actual proof. Which none has been provided.
 
Wow, some of you guys especially re-pete are to damn funny. You complain about the LS in so many ways and when you do get a great luxury company that does well and takes care of its consumers you b*tch some more about it!

Theres nothing wrong with Lexus, its not a myth and the Lexus LS line has been out way before the Lincoln LS.

The resale value is also so high cause people have been know to drive them up to 300K+ highway and still look mint!
 
Wow, some of you guys especially re-pete are to damn funny. You complain about the LS in so many ways and when you do get a great luxury company that does well and takes care of its consumers you b*tch some more about it!

The resale value is also so high cause people have been know to drive them up to 300K+ highway and still look mint!

I agree with JWerner,

The resale value is high because people pay it! The monetary value of something is exactly equal to whatever you can get someone to pay you for it. Econ 101 thankyouverymuch :D
 
I was looking for actual proof. Which none has been provided.

yea well you were asked for proof of a 300HP SHO with a 400 dollar mod, and you crayfished and never provided any proof, only told the person asking the question that "they need to spend more time under the hood".

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But Gipp I was looking for actual proof. Which none has been provided.

There is no "proof" because the lawsuit was never filed. It was a public threat from Toyota (Lexus) to Ford; payback if you will for the F150/T100 suit.

From http://www.cars-directory.net/history/toyota/tundra/

Publicly introduced in May 1999 as a 2000 model, the Tundra prototypes and "show trucks" were initially known as T150s. However, Ford and automotive pundits felt that this name was too close to the market-leader Ford F-150, and following a lawsuit by Ford, the production truck was renamed the Tundra (Toyota claimed they never truly intended to use the T150 name in actual production). Toyota then counter sued Ford regarding the name of their then-released Lincoln LS sedan, arguing it was too close to that of the Lexus LS.
 

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