SURVIVOR, I said SURVIVOR.....

I remember when this first started coming up in all the magazines then pretty much disappeared shortly after which I assume someone pushed back on Bloomington Gold for trying to over step their authority for the use of the trademark.

Bloomington's trade mark was issued as a goods and services mark. Straight from the US government trademark web page; "G & S: AUTHENTICATING CERTAIN COLLECTIBLE AUTOMOBILES."

Since Bloomington Gold is only involved with Corvettes the "CERTAIN" pretty much limits it to corvettes. So if you had a Corvette and was stating it was a certified or authenticated Survivor and you didn't have a certificate from Bloomington then you are clearly violating the trademark. It would be a grey area if you had something other than a Corvette and would likely depend on who had the deepest pockets to determine who wins.

However if you are using the term as an adjective to describe your car then Bloomington has no authority.