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Originally Posted by tcs
We've covered this in a couple of previous threads. In a nutshell, the EU courts have ruled that:

1) Copying Brompton's name, graphics, literature, or font is a violation of EU trademark law.

Curiously, multiple t-shirt/wearable/soft goods companies imprint with Brompton's name using Brompton's font and/or imprint with Brompton's graphics and that doesn't seem to bother the company.


2) Brompton's classic Andrew Ritchie trifold design is not artwork covered by copyright, but a functional industrial design covered by a patent that expired decades ago.

Brompton took both Dahon (2017) and Chedech (2019) to EU court, apparently on a specious "3D Copyright" claim. Brompton lost both times.
I think they allow it because it promotes the brand, and they're just not interested in a clothing line.
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