@yomiel @feld @lain >"What if I sold a car but called it a Mercedes?" >That's not JUST copyright infringement, that's fraud.
That would NOT be copyright infringement, as names are not creative enough to qualify for copyright.

I believe "Mercedes" is trademarked and doing so would be trademark infringement and possibly counterfeiting, but legally such act would not be regarded as fraud unless it was explicitly stated that you were selling a "Mercedes model x from Mercedes-Benz" at the market price.

The way trademark law works would allow you to legally sell a car called; "Not a Mercedes", although Mercedes-Benz would likely still send a cease-and-deist if they found out.


Now you have been enlightened, please don't continue to spread confusion between copyright, trademark, patent and trade secret laws.