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Airbus Shoots Down Chuck Yeager Complaint

2020/01/16

Airbus has urged a California federal court to throw a trademark infringement case brought by a retired air force general who was the first person to break the sound barrier.
General Chuck Yeager, now 96 years-old, sued the French aerospace company in September 2019, alleging that they had misused his name and image in promotions for one of its Racer helicopters.
Airbus has now hit back in a strongly-worded motion to dismiss. According to Airbus, Yeager’s suit falls flat at the first hurdle because of a lack of jurisdiction or even alleged wrongdoing.
“Plaintiffs...have brought suit against defendants AHI and Airbus US without alleging that they have done anything, let alone anything related to them or having any connection to the state of California,” the court filing said.
 
Source: World IP Review



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