Being a sound I doubt it is patentable, BUT, H/D does have some 30 PAGES of
patented terms, etc. They protect them vigorously when infringed upon. It
would not surprise me that H/D would at least rattle swords if someone succeeded
in creating "their" sound
Tom
69 2000
Portland
snyler wrote:
> At 8:47 AM -0700 9/28/02, Pamela Bauman wrote:
> >Marc
> >
> >I think what the Honda engineers were trying to do was make it sound like
> >the Harley. Which got their little you know whats stepped on BIG TIME by
> >Harley Davidson. Which led H.D. to patent that very distinctive sound their
> >machines make. Or, is this another case of folklore?
> >
> >Pamela Bauman
> >67 1600 in pieces (getting ready to place my first parts order)
>
> Congrats on the resto progress! I think Harley Davidson did try to
> patent or trademark the sound but were unable to. You can't patent a
> stumbling idle, apparently. Just think, you bring your 1964 Dodge
> Dart into the shop running on two cylinders, the muffler dragging,
> and you're slapped with a trademark infringement suit by Harley . ;-)
> --
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