The Volkswagen Group has put to rest an appeal of a court ruling in a brand infringement case against Suzuki regarding its use of the GTi nameplate on the sportiest version of the Swift hatchback – not because it wanted to, but evidently, because it had no chance of winning the case.
The dispute began back in 2004 when the German automaker challenged an application granted to Suzuki to use the GTi moniker and took the Japanese brand to court.
In March this year, the General Court of the European Union sided with Suzuki stating that there was no way the Swift GTi could be confused with Volkswagen’s Golf GTI model. The German company then went ahead to appeal the decision.
According to a report from Reuters, on Saturday, a Volkswagen Group spokesman confirmed that the brand had dropped the appeal.
The two automakers have also been feuding with one another for over a year now in regards to their partnership deals.
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