[techweenie]

If I read it right, this shole thing happened in Germany.

And, I gotta tell you, the laws are very different there. I ran ads in Germany for a client who made software for IBM PCs, and the attorneys told me I could not use "IBM" in the ad. Their 'comparative advertising' rules are very, very tough. This fool essentially compared what he was selling to the Hartge product -- a huge no-no in Deutschland.

However, beating up a private party seller will hurt them more than a $1,000 Euro fine.

Plenty of folks on this board have gotten 'lawyer letters' from Porsche, and one L.A. area vendor had his inventory raided and siezed for not complying with Porsche's trademark rules.

That's the world we live in, now.