Austrian takes Volkswagen to court

A destitute Austrian is suing Volkswagen in an attempt to get Europe's largest carmaker to credit him with designing the VW brand logo, his lawyer said yesterday. Nikolai Borg, born in 1919, was assigned the task of developing the logo in the late...

A destitute Austrian is suing Volkswagen in an attempt to get Europe's largest carmaker to credit him with designing the VW brand logo, his lawyer said yesterday.

Nikolai Borg, born in 1919, was assigned the task of developing the logo in the late 1930s by senior Nazi official Fritz Todt, an engineer and father of the German autobahn, said Mr Borg's lawyer, Meinhard Ciresa.

But the financially-strapped graphic artist is not seeking cash compensation should a Vienna court rule in his favour. "(Borg) wants VW to sign a joint statement that historical research shows he was either the creator or at least in part responsible for the design of the logo," the lawyer said.

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