Legal Opinion
Carroll Shelby Licensing, Inc. v. Superformance Int'l., Inc.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided August 21, 2002No. CIV.A.00-12581-RWZPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
ZOBEL, District Judge.
Carroll Shelby (“Shelby”) designed the original Cobra during the 1960s. Shortly thereafter, Ford Motor Company (“Ford”) registered several Cobra marks for use with its marketing and sales of automobiles and auto parts. By the late 1970s, dozens of companies had begun to advertise, manufacture and sell Cobra replicas. One such company, defendant Superfor-mance Int’l., Inc. (“SPF”), began to sell a “rolling chassis” in 1996, identical to the Cobra shape, often with Cobra emblem badges. These rolling chassis are manufactured in South Africa by SPF’s…
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