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Intellectual property is a valuable thing to hold onto these days.
Stuff like patents, stuff like registered trademarks, stuff like registered designes can be worth something to someone if the interest is there.. For example, the actual brand name ‘Holden Motorsport’ might be just the kind of thing that a former local motor manufacturer, now importer might like to hang onto. Especially since it has a 30+ year connection to the Holden brand. So... you have to wonder why the trademark ‘Holden Motorsport’ was cancelled back in 2012... no money to keep the trademark listing fees ticking? There is the ASIC-registered business name ‘Holden Motorsport’ still wandering around too. A quick search at the places that do searches like that consider the business name ‘Holden Motorsport’ might be entrusted to a former media operative that ran their communications show for a looooooooong time until just recently... Maybe 888 should buy the name for fun... their current role seems like Holden Motorsport anyway Presuming any of this actually happened |
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I understand there was a bit of hoo-haa over a Facebook fan page of the same name, not too long ago. Cease and desist, and all of that.
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From what I gather, there wasn't previously a HMS FB page, therefore a fan created one.
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Both of them are a pain, they seem to think it is their own little fiefdom so they can be king of the kids or I know something that you don't know etc, petty one upmanship is a good description. It is the reason a lot of people don't or no longer post here, if you don't follow the party line then you are the enemy. I haven't posted here for a long time and thought I would give it a go but nothing has changed at all.
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More deckchair changes at the good ship Holden Here
Head of sponsorship at Holden Jo Gilbert is leaving too... Would the last person in the building please turn out the lights?? |
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I think it's odd how they cleared everyone out of HMS last year, particularly Mr McNamara, Mr McDornan and Mr Hughes.
Now somehow HMS still exists, and the marketing department it's run from is having a broom put through it. Totally understandable, given the fractured transitioning of the VF Commodore and Insignia that morphed into what we refer to as the ZB. |
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Who is Veracity Media??
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Veracity Media is Gerald McDornan’s company - handled Holden Motorsport’s marketing for years. Wouldn’t surprise if the ownership of the registered name was whilst the commercial arrangement was in place - registration may revert to Holden at some stage. |
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Well that’s what happens sometimes, some business takes over a motorsport company. It gets passed on like that
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Shall be called CHEV Motorsport soon lol
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I recall when HMS was first set up in 1987, they gave Perkins and Grice (but not Brock) some stickers to put on their race cars.
Pretty sure Grice complained afterwards about not receiving anything more than the said sticker. When a company is founded under less than reputable circumstances, its demise is far easier to accept. |
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