JAGUAR BOSSES REASSURE REPLICA OWNERS AFTER SWEDISH COURT CASE
Firm welcomes judgement and allays fears for Big Cat enthusiasts
Jaguar Land Rover has moved to reassure owners of replica Jaguar C-types that they are safe from prosecution following a recent court case in Sweden.
Many such cars, as well as examples of D-types and E-types, are raced in historic events. The issue stems from plans by Swedish
Jaguar enthusiast Karl Magnusson to build several C-type replicas for sale.
Jaguar brought a court action over copyright infringement and a court in Stockholm found in favour of Jaguar and confirmed that the C-type is protected by copyright. Magnusson’s first C-type replica is set to be destroyed and he will have to pay costs of £450,000.
“Our C-type replica was going to be the cherry on top of our small private collection of restored Jaguars,” claimed
Magnusson. That collection will be sold to fund legal costs. We feel so betrayed. They had every opportunity to warn me if I was doing something wrong.”
Dan Pink, director of Jaguar Land Rover Classic, said that Magnusson planned to build six cars at a price of over £200,000. Pink said: “We wanted to reassure our customers and [Jaguar] enthusiasts that most of Magnusson’s news release was misleading, conjecture or completely untrue.
“Importantly, we want to allay any fears amongst the network of enthusiasts that
JLR might pursue individual owners of replica Jaguars and insist upon their destruction. This is not true. We have never taken action against private owners of pre-existing individual replica vehicles.
“We will, however, take action to stop businesses using our Intellectual Property illegally for their own profit, as in this case.”