Always a good place to catch the buzz on scooters, 2strokebuzz.com has been keeping tabs on the new Schwinn Scooters, particularly how their similarities to the TNG scooters have sparked a law suit. Here’s a snippet:
2strokebuzz – Blog Archive – TNG files charges against Schwinn Scooters: “As 2strokebuzz noted a couple weeks ago, the new Schwinn Scooters bear more than a casual similarity to the TNG Venice and Milano models, and as promised, we’ve dug a little deeper into the situation and our findings are rather startling. Tom Lynott, president of CMSI, makers of the TNG scooters, had no comment on April 4th, but since then, a source outside CMSI confirmed that CMSI were preparing legal action against Pacific Cycle, the parent company of Schwinn, Mongoose, and GT bicycles. A complaint, which alleges that Pacific Cycle effectively “stole” TNG’s product and business model after a proposed collaboration was abandoned, was submitted to the United States District Court in Seattle on April 6, (two days after our original story), listing six charges against Pacific Cycle: False Designation of Origin, Violation of Washington’s Consumer Protection Act, Common Law Unfair Competition, Intentional Interference with Contract, Intentional Interference with Prospective Economic Relations, and Breach of Contract.”
Click the title link to get the whole scoop…er… Buzz, I mean.
18. April 2006 at 9:04 pm
Looks like this could be the end of the line for copy cat companies!
http://www.powersportsbusiness.com/output.cfm?ID=1088965
Judgment for Yamaha Modifies Yamoto Line-Up
Powersports Business
Thursday April 13, 2006
Yamaha Motor Company, U.S.A., Cypress, Calif., has obtained a Consent Judgment in its lawsuit against Yamoto Motor Corporation, Union City, Calif. Yamoto has agreed to stop the import and sale of Yamoto products into the United States which Yamaha claimed were copycats of its products.