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steve74
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Oh, FFS... Renault urged to scrap car name ZoeCue for jokes: "Zoe needs a good servicing"... etc. 
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james016
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They should use the name Nicole instead.  _________________ My Flickr PageNow with added ball and chain.
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finlay666
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Due to system issues, Zoe needs to be filled up while there are 2 large men are in the back Like that? _________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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steve74
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 Er, yeah... 
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l3v1ck
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How the F can a lawyer specialise in protecting first names? They're not copyright, people can use whatever names they want for anything like that.
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steve74
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Yeah, that's right... just ask my cousin, Vauxhall Corsa.
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Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Well that may be the case here, but I'm not sure how French law applies to the situation. Of course it's still ridiculous, stopping a company naming a product because it happens to be your name is absurd (with the exception of celebrity names etc, where it might be construed as an endorsement).
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JJW009
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I'm sure you all remember the case of Mrs Macdonald's burger van being closed down by some clown.
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Linux_User
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Well in that case it was not only a business usage of a registered trade mark, but it was the exact same area of business too. The argument was - rightly in my opinion - the situation might mislead consumers.
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DaftFunk
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Perhaps Mercedes should change their name too, let's all get a f 'ing petition going shall we. Pathetic.
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finlay666
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Yes, yes we should! Any girl with the name Mercedes should be allowed by deed poll to have a free change to something less skanky  _________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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