alt Hacker NewsThis feels like they want to use trademark law to prevent third-party products. You can't legally produce the screws without baiscally copying the BMW logo onto it. I don't know if a similar argument would hold water for the drivers though.
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jacquesm • today at 12:49 PM
On the contrary, they are asking for trademark dilution with this.
publicmail • today at 1:55 PM
This is also why a lot of car bumpers have the make/model/logo impressed into the mold itself
IIRC in Europe at least that doesn't work because now your third party has the defence of necessity. They didn't want to use your protected mark, but it was necessary or else their product wouldn't work, so, the protection doesn't apply.