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Subject: race team t-shirts

Author: John Prusnek

Date: Nov 6, 2002, 6:28 AM

Post ID: 1711342128


Charlie wrote:

 Hi John,
I have just that design on a grey, long-sleeve t-shirt from Precision Imprint. I wish that it said "Ambassador" instead of "V-twin" above it though.
I don't remember where I got the image from, somewhere on the web. I
used it for some badges I did for a friend of mine that hosted the
impromptu '1st Annual Guzzi-Q' barbecue last summer here in Ohio.

 Makes me wonder though - how long will it be before Aprilia stops anyone but themselves from using the Guzzi name (without a license).
At one time (before the Aprilia buyout) I approached Moto Guzzi to
sell them my decals. They really weren't interested, although they
didn't seem to have a problem with me making them. I guess it depends
how aggressive they want to be to defend their property. It probably
takes a lot of time and legal expense with little monetary return to
bust people for selling items with their logo at swap meets and such.
And now that I think about it, I don't think that Moto Guzzi markets
a line of logo items like Harley does, which may be a good thing. The
last time I was in a Hog shop I had to wade past the Harley Barbies and
Harley baby clothes to get to the parts counter.

John Prusnek

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