Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday that embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, who admitted to smoking and purchasing crack-cocaine this week, and his supporters may not use its logo on T-shirts distributed this week at an event at City Hall.
“Ford did not grant permission for use of its logo,” Jay Cooney, a company spokesman, told Bloomberg. “We view it as an unauthorized use of our trademark and have asked it to be stopped.”
Supporters lined up at the event to sell Rob Ford bobbleheads and “Ford Nation” t-shirts that incorporated the trademarked automaker logo, some of which were autographed by the mayor himself.
