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It's a pretty blatant use of their trademark. (It outright uses their name) I have my doubts.


Trademarks are only protected in the US if there is risk of consumer confusion during commerce:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark_infringement#Factors


There is definitely a credible risk of consumer confusion here - when a consumer faces a need to cheat a test it is unclear which Volkswagen the consumer would have to use. I think the original auto Volkswagen has a strong case here (note - IANAL, just another confused consumer).


We should file a suite against Volkswagen just to test - I’m sure it’ll pass


Quick fork that shit




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