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Corporation. Fearing confusion between the Hupmobile produced by Hupp Motors and the RCH and Hupp-Yeats produced by Hupp Corporation, Hupp Motors sued Hupp Corporation and the Hupp brothers to force them to change the corporate name. The suit was successful; in early 1912, Hupp Corporation changed its name to R.C.H. Corporation.
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563:"Trade and General News High Lights"
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309:"Hupmobile: Mass-Production Pioneer"
277:"Hupmobile: Mass-Production Pioneer"
431:"Hupp Sells Stock in Motor Company"
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154:Hupp-Yeats Electric Car Company
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537:"Seeks to Enjoin R. C. Hupp"
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509:"New R.C.H. Gasoline Car"
457:"Hupp Makes Announcement"
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314:The World of Automobiles
282:The World of Automobiles
215:Cuthbert, Bill (2003).
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119:Bobby Hupp was born in
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121:Grand Rapids, Michigan
367:"Hupp-Yeats Electric"
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