SMART car lawsuit...
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SMART car lawsuit...
Can anyone explain why Daimler-Chrysler paid out approximately $7 million to settle a lawsuit filed by ZAP, in Sonoma County, California? ZAP was working on importing and certifying SMART vehicles but never had any deal with Daimler-Chrysler. They were importing them greymarket through a secondary supplier...
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Can anyone explain why Daimler-Chrysler paid out approximately $7 million to settle a lawsuit filed by ZAP, in Sonoma County, California? ZAP was working on importing and certifying SMART vehicles but never had any deal with Daimler-Chrysler. They were importing them greymarket through a secondary supplier...
They may also have been the registered owners of various websites and trademark.
If DC wishes to enter the market as the Smart supplier then they must release all other companies from being involved. They don't have the right to push someone out simply because they are bigger. It is also ethical to discharge someone who invested large amounts of money creating a market for these cars.
Fortunately for the global market not all companies act as Microsoft does. Anyone seen the price of Vista .... it will give you a nosebleed.
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Can anyone explain why Daimler-Chrysler paid out approximately $7 million to settle a lawsuit filed by ZAP, in Sonoma County, California? ZAP was working on importing and certifying SMART vehicles but never had any deal with Daimler-Chrysler. They were importing them greymarket through a secondary supplier...
