How come BMW never sued Pontiac?

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How come BMW never sued Pontiac over the usage of an almost copy-paste front grill?

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It looks exactly the same. :blink:
 
There's no way they'd win under any form of intellectual property laws?
 
How come BMW never sued Pontiac over the usage of an almost copy-paste front grill?

Thats where the similarities ended, so BMW doesn't give a damn. And the fact that Pontiacs were sold predominantly in the US of A and Canada. And there is pretty much no way in hell that they would win it.

If car companies could sue each other over grills, headlights, or taillights, the auto industry would be chaos.
 
Probably because until the last 15 or so years GM could have easily just swallowed up BMW out of sheer arrogance. Or done like any large company does to the "little guy" bankrupt them via tying them up in court.

Oh and Pontiac has been building cars longer than BMW has (A whopping 2 years).
 
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Thats where the similarities ended, so BMW doesn't give a damn. And the fact that Pontiacs were sold predominantly in the US of A and Canada. And there is pretty much no way in hell that they would win it.

If car companies could sue each other over grills, headlights, or taillights, the auto industry would be chaos.

YOu guys don't remeber the whole Jeep vs. Hummer lawsuit. It does happen, just not very often, and it is normally cost more than it nets.
 
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