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I can understand people not being happy that Ford is vigorously defending their intellectual property. However, take a look from their point of view. Say I put a website devoted to Ford Motorsports and then go on to report conjecture, inaccuracy, untruth and finally libel statements and attribute them to Ford. They own the name, they own the rights to its use, its publication, etc. They can be held libel for my remarks by damaged parties in a lawsuit. Ford is not required to reimburse anyone for the use of their name, they own it.
As far as Ford leveraging their business partners, that's how its done. Ford, GM and Chrysler all ran Tucker out of material years ago by letting it be known that they would not buy from any supplier that supplied Tucker. Hard ball is how the game is played.
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