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I suppose this would be fair use of the Volkswagen trademark for parody, were it not for the fact that the VW brand is so well known that that would outweigh the parody exemption?

(I'm not a lawyer, but I need to protect some IP rights regularly, so trademark law interest me.)

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Hi, I'm the dev. I've been thinking about it. I would consider it a success if we got a call from Volkswagen, so I'm willing to take that risk. That being said, I think they are way to busy at the moment ;)

Parody is free speech stuff. Trademark is different. It is mostly about avoiding confusion. No one is gonna confuse that this product is developed by Volkswagen.

IANAL. someone correct me if I am wrong.

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