hmm, my teams ditched f1 anyway now and working on a alms/lemans sim

heres that emails....

Dear Jon,

All I question of interpretation I think. Within an F1, racing enviroment
it would be in my opinion quite clear that it is a play off our IP so it
would really be a question for our company lawyer as to whether it would
stand up in court or not. We would certainly take a dim view on such a
product.

We trademark all the cars livery (paint designs) and car shapes whilst the
helmet designs are the property of the respective drivers so there may well
be the risk of litigation from them also.

I hope this is of some help.

Kind regards,

Simon Forester
WilliamsF1



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Date: 17/06/2003 19:56:16
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Dear Simon,

Thank you for the reply. I understand the reasons behind the decision.
However i have one question for the future.

That is, what are the limits for an unlicenced freeware game? are they
allowed to have the graphics of the real life part but not the names?

eg. call, williamsf1 something like lillians1f

and what are the results of develeping an unlicenced freeware game with the
full team names and graphics.

Thank you for your time.

Jon Walton