Ducati and Ferrari lovers unite...in Chicagoland...hopefully!

I heard on a recent episode of Corbin's Ride-On that Ducati once used the same black prancing horse on a yellow shield as Ferrari, but Ferrari got it copywrited first and made Ducati stop using it. Has anyone else heard anything about that? That means Porsche, Ferrari and Ducati all chose the same symbol for their vehicles... http://www.ducati.com/heritage/protagonisti/fabiotaglioni6.jhtmlhttp://www.italylink.com/ferrarihist.html

 

From Ducati's site, regarding the emblem and Taglioni putting it on some of the early bikes:
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(the emblem) ...was chosen by the engineer himself as a sign of respect and admiration for Francesco Baracca, the heroic World War I fighter pilot who died during an air raid in the Piave area on June 19, 1918.

The name and the figure of this legendary hero must have animated the childhood and adolescent dreams of Fabio Taglioni, and, in fact, a double thread ties his existence to that of the great fighter pilot. Not only do they share the same birthplace, Lugo di Romagna, but Taglioni's father, Biagio, was part of Baracca's air patrol during the Great War.

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His premature death, and the memory of his heroic achievements, must have instilled in young Fabio a sense of courage and daring which he probably saw epitomized by the prancing horse emblem printed on the fuselage of Baracca's plane.

And he wasn't alone. In 1923, the great Enzo Ferrari met the parents of the heroic pilot during a motorcycle race. Ten years later, between 1931 and 1932, he expressed a wish to visit Baracca's birthplace in Lugo di Romagna. It is said that on that occasion he asked for and obtained from the Baracca family the permission to use their son's personal emblem as the symbol of one of the greatest automobile companies of the world.
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The tie on with Porsche is, from what I read, that the Italian pilot based his emblem on that of the town of Stutgart. I can't remember why now...