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It is well known that there are car enthusiasts who build and rebuild cars. When small-scale private car construction is taken further and leads to marketing and sales, then there is of course a risk of getting the original manufacturer after you. Creare Form in Hålta in Bohuslän builds JAGUAR C-TYPE copies and sells them under the name "Authenticat C-type", something that Jaguar Land Rover can unsurprisingly cannot accept, but has sued for infringement of copyrighted utility art.

In the lawsuit to the Patent and Market Court (PMD), Jaguar gives detailed reasons as to why the C-TYPE model meets the copyright work height requirements for applied art. As support, they have a statement from design professor Aina Nilsson at the Umeå School of Design, she has worked with design at both Saab and Volvo.

According to information on Bohuslän's Creare's Facebook, they build the cars according to Jaguar's original drawings and 3D scanning of the original car, and they have even begins to market itself in the UK.

Jaguar believes that the copies involve copyright infringement and claim, among other things. prohibition, damages in the form of reasonable compensation and that the copies are destroyed. Claims apply to both the company and the couple who run the business personally.