Ferrari’s Iconic Testarossa Lives on After Trademark Tussle
- Carmaker keeps right to name even after model discontinued
- German court earlier annulled the right due to a lack of use
A Ferrari Testarossa.
Photographer: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images
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Ferrari NV won a European Union court ruling over its rights to keep a German trademark for the name of its Testarossa sports car.
A trademark for a discontinued product -- such as the iconic Testarossa -- remains valid as long as the owner still provides services or resells second-hand goods under the name, the EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg ruled on Thursday.