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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Oh, Yeah: Ferrari trying to trademark 'GT California']]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/04/oh-yeah-ferrari-trying-to-trademark-gt-california/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/04/oh-yeah-ferrari-trying-to-trademark-gt-california/</guid><description><![CDATA[I know this is the smallest Ferrari, but I hear there's plenty o' room in the GT California.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mkM3]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 4th 2007 7:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Oh, Yeah: Ferrari trying to trademark 'GT California']]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/04/oh-yeah-ferrari-trying-to-trademark-gt-california/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/04/oh-yeah-ferrari-trying-to-trademark-gt-california/</guid><description><![CDATA[So the new Dino is the new California instead? It better be just as good looking!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[akatsuki]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 4th 2007 7:50PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Oh, Yeah: Ferrari trying to trademark 'GT California']]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/04/oh-yeah-ferrari-trying-to-trademark-gt-california/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/04/oh-yeah-ferrari-trying-to-trademark-gt-california/</guid><description><![CDATA[It's not based on the F430: the F430 has a mid-rear engine layout, while the GT California has a mid-front layout, and an aluminium frame... With the data we already know, it will not share a thing with the F430, besides the engine (even if it will be extensively reworked, with Bosch's direct injection).<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Yago Bal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 4th 2007 7:50PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Oh, Yeah: Ferrari trying to trademark 'GT California']]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/04/oh-yeah-ferrari-trying-to-trademark-gt-california/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/04/oh-yeah-ferrari-trying-to-trademark-gt-california/</guid><description><![CDATA[Its probably the GT250 California that Ferrari is aiming at:<br><br><a href="http://www.kitcarmag.com/featuredvehicles/5531_ferrari_spyder_replica_kit/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.kitcarmag.com/featuredvehicles/5531_ferrari_spyder_replica_kit/index.html</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 4th 2007 7:51PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Oh, Yeah: Ferrari trying to trademark 'GT California']]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/04/oh-yeah-ferrari-trying-to-trademark-gt-california/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/04/oh-yeah-ferrari-trying-to-trademark-gt-california/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ferrari's trademark application was not "denied" or, to use the parlance of the PTO, "refused" (and the wording "trademark patent" makes no sense in any event, as these are two distinctly different types of intellectual property).  The PTO examining attorney simply raised some informalities in the office action, which happens in the vast majority of U.S. trademark applications.  The PTO office action had nothing to do with the Ford Mustang.<br><br>You can read the PTO office action and Ferrari's response of 10/1/07 here:  <a href="http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/tow?SRCH=Y&isSubmitted=true&details=&SELECT=US+Serial+No&TEXT=79034294" rel="nofollow">http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/tow?SRCH=Y&isSubmitted=true&details=&SELECT=US+Serial+No&TEXT=79034294</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Hall]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 4th 2007 9:11PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Oh, Yeah: Ferrari trying to trademark 'GT California']]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/04/oh-yeah-ferrari-trying-to-trademark-gt-california/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/04/oh-yeah-ferrari-trying-to-trademark-gt-california/</guid><description><![CDATA[Don't worry Ferrari. Ford is hard up for money, I'm sure they'll sell you the rights to use "GT California". ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 4th 2007 9:19PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Oh, Yeah: Ferrari trying to trademark 'GT California']]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/04/oh-yeah-ferrari-trying-to-trademark-gt-california/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/04/oh-yeah-ferrari-trying-to-trademark-gt-california/</guid><description><![CDATA[Simply put, Ferrari does not need Ford's permission.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Hall]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 4th 2007 9:23PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Oh, Yeah: Ferrari trying to trademark 'GT California']]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/04/oh-yeah-ferrari-trying-to-trademark-gt-california/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/04/oh-yeah-ferrari-trying-to-trademark-gt-california/</guid><description><![CDATA["GT California" will forever conjure up memories of Ferrari, and only Ferrari.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[W57thNY]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 5th 2007 8:52AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Oh, Yeah: Ferrari trying to trademark 'GT California']]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/04/oh-yeah-ferrari-trying-to-trademark-gt-california/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/04/oh-yeah-ferrari-trying-to-trademark-gt-california/</guid><description><![CDATA[hopefully it'll have better looking than Maserati GT]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeremy Clarkson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 6th 2007 2:32AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>