Autopia name used by a detailer in my country

[emmjay]

Just came accross a detailer in the UAE with the name "autopiacarcare"

Best ceramic coating in abu dhabi | Autopia Car Care

I would have thought these names are trademarked? Just wanted to point it out.

PS: First post here but a regular on Autogeek

username on AGO: emmjaygti

 

[tropicsteve]

seems like an infringement, but I notice they did use web name of autopiacarcare-uae.com and our benefactors use autopia-carcare.com and autopia.org. guess the lawyers can argue about it.

 

[ShaneB]

Somehow I don`t believe it really matters across borders, let alone on the other side of the rock.

I know that if someone in another state wanted to use my business name there wouldn`t be an issue because it`s not in the same state

 

[emmjay]

seems like an infringement, but I notice they did use web name of autopiacarcare-uae.com and our benefactors use autopia-carcare.com and autopia.org. guess the lawyers can argue about it.

Somehow I don`t believe it really matters across borders, let alone on the other side of the rock.

I know that if someone in another state wanted to use my business name there wouldn`t be an issue because it`s not in the same state

Yeah I was wondering the same thing. Have no idea how these laws work.

Does anyone know what the PIA in Autopia means? If its something logical with meaning it would make sense. If not then its just a case of lack of creativity(by the guys in the UAE) lol.

 

[RaysWay]

Yeah I was wondering the same thing. Have no idea how these laws work.

Does anyone know what the PIA in Autopia means? If its something logical with meaning it would make sense. If not then its just a case of lack of creativity(by the guys in the UAE) lol.

Autopia is a play on the word Utopia, an "Auto Utopia".

Utopia - noun

an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. The word was first used in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More.
synonyms: paradise, heaven (on earth)

 

[LEDetailng]

Autopia is a play on the word Utopia, an "Auto Utopia".

I`ve walked through the warehouse gates of Autopia/PBMG and it is a little bit of detailing heaven

 

[JBM]

Not the first time autopia was ripped off.....

 

[emmjay]

I`ve walked through the warehouse gates of Autopia/PBMG and it is a little bit of detailing heaven

I would love to visit them one day!

 

[tropicsteve]

if you ever do get the chance, schedule it when they have detail fest. it`s held on the same premises.

 

[rlmccarty2000]

Unfortunately this year Detailfest is being moved.

 

[Ronkh]

if you ever do get the chance, schedule it when they have detail fest. it`s held on the same premises.

not any more

Moved to WPB Convention Center.