The Shelby Trust has spent the last 14 years fighting to have copyright protection on the famous Eleanor Mustang overturned.
in 2019. In both those cases, the replica resembled the Eleanor from the 2000 movie starring Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie. The car in the movie was based on a 1967 Ford Shelby GT500.
According to Shelby, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California last week ruled that both Eleanor Mustang designs were not deserving of copyright protection, on the basis the designs weren't representative of a character that could be considered intellectual property. “We can finally tell all our important licensees and Shelby GT500 owners that Mrs. Halicki has absolutely no right to complain about or file a lawsuit based upon the looks of any car licensed by the Shelby Trust,” Neil Cummings, a co-trustee of the Shelby Trust who oversaw the legal process, said in a statement. “The true value of all Shelby GT500s is now secure with this news.”
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