The Trout Underground Fly Fishing Blog » bamboo car http://troutunderground.com Fly Fishing's Fun, Independent Voice : Tom Chandler's Fly Fishing Life : Fly Rods are the Measure of Life Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Bamboo Car Infringes Trout Underground Design Patent (We Think) http://troutunderground.com/2008/12/bamboo-car/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bamboo-car http://troutunderground.com/2008/12/bamboo-car/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:40:37 +0000 Tom Chandler http://tomchandler.name/?p=2374 Since the Underground has become the Universal Nexus for All Things Bamboo, we thought we’d pass along news of a new bamboo car to the bamboo-philes among the Undergrounders – until we realized the car bore a striking resemblance to The Most-Beloved Undergrounder Ever:

The Car, and...

Wally the Wonderdog. Too similar to be a coincidence, eh?

The uncanny resemblance couldn’t be coincidence, and the Underground is aggressively pursuing legal options to see that Wally Wonderdog receives the payment due him from the Japanese company, which clearly copied the highly aerodynamic shape of the Wonderdog’s nose.

We at the Trout Underground/Man Cave World Headquarters share your sense of outrage at this blatant commercial appropriation. Burn in hell, Bambgoo Car:

Developed by Kyoto University Venture Business Laboratory, Bambgoo is a fully functional vehicle that runs for 50 kilometers on a single charge. This ecological concept car is 270 cm long, 130 cm wide, 165 cm high and only 60 kg heavy. That’s what’s so special about Bambgoo, its body is made out of bamboo.

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