# GM almost loses "CORVETTE" mark by using Wiki article in court

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [December 28, 2010, 5:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-almost-loses-corvette-mark-by-using-wiki-article-in-court/207619 "2010-12-28T05:27:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![focusinprogress](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/focusinprogress/32/7227_2.png) [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 5:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-almost-loses-corvette-mark-by-using-wiki-article-in-court/207619/1 "2010-12-28T05:27:36Z")

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> **[How GM Almost Lost The Corvette Trademark By Using Wikipedia](https://jalopnik.com/5717818/how-gm-almost-lost-the-corvette-trademark)**
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> In 2008, Jim M. Sweeney sought to register the trademark CORVOLTTE for "electric vehicles, namely, automobiles". General Motors opposed registration saying it would cause confusion with its mark CORVETTE. Through laziness, GM almost lost...

I hate to say it, but honestly I am not surprised by the laziness and lack of professionalism that GM displayed in court defending the CORVETTE nameplate…

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**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 5:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-almost-loses-corvette-mark-by-using-wiki-article-in-court/207619/2 "2010-12-28T05:39:32Z")

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Not sure how much work any lawyer would put into “proving” the Corvette name is a trademark name to GM. Kind of like going to court and the court asking you to prove gravity is real.

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**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-almost-loses-corvette-mark-by-using-wiki-article-in-court/207619/3 "2010-12-28T06:27:13Z")

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^yeah it kind of sounds like a joke to me

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**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 6:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gm-almost-loses-corvette-mark-by-using-wiki-article-in-court/207619/4 "2010-12-28T06:37:24Z")

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I’m sure GM has some brilliant legal minds working for them, and some less brilliant. The good lawyers were probably busy assigned to things like bankruptcy restructuring while the intern probably got assigned the “go prove Corvette is a recognized trade mark” case.