Bloomberg: Daimler Still Owning Chrysler
From Bloomberg’s intellectual property news, February 15, 2012:
“ Daimler AG (DAI)‘s Chrysler unit’s Super Bowl advertisement featuring Clint Eastwood was temporarily taken down from Google Inc. (GOOG)‘s YouTube video-sharing service Feb. 13 following an infringement claim from the National Football League, the Baltimore Sun reported.
YouTube told the Sun it removed the video after receiving an infringement notice from either a copyright owner or a third- party agency acting for the owner.
The league told the Sun it hadn’t filed the claim and that it asked Google to put the ad back up again immediately.”
P.S.: The article was corrected after this story appeared.
Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing. He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf, Germany, and New York City. Volkswagen A.G. was Bertel's most important corporate account. Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services. Since 2004, he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a>. Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a>, an American offshore powerboat racing organization. He is co-owner of the racing team Typhoon.
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Enough with the bashing of other media outlets, please! While I understand and (mostly) appreciate posts about uncovering corruption in the auto journalism world, pointing out every auto-related mistake that is made on the web is making this site seem like it has a superiority complex. I know I am not the only one of your readers who feels this way.
Wish I could insert the "Get a grip! Morans" meme here...:-P
It made me laugh, so I'm glad TTAC informed me. For a moment, I thought maybe the Germans had taken over again. New / old slogan for Mercedes: ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US
I normally wouldn't care about such an error but it is HUGELY EGREGIOUS. Chrysler is owned by Chrysler and has been since the bailouts. I find it ironic that Bloomberg still let this slip through.