Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Fortunately, for photographers who have taken the time to check it out (me) the Lone Cypress tree is NOT trademarked. I did a trademark search and it came up goose egg. Also, the tree has been there, and photographed as an area icon, long before the Pebble Beach Co. existed. PB uses harassment tactics to get photographers to pay a license fee. Most do. I don't. What they are doing is illegal. They use a circle-r (federal trademark registration symbol) when they print "Lone Cypress Tree". This is a federal crime because they do not have a registered trade mark. I have not, and will not, allow them to harass me. I urge other photographers that have Lone Cypress photos as stock or in publications, to do the same. If you visit Carmel, Monterey, or Pacific Grove, you will find literally thousands of un-licensed art products sporting the Lone Cypress. The PB co. goes after photographers because they are easy to find and usually give in without even a whimper. Sad. It's not enforceable. Jim At 06:03 PM 3/3/98 -0600, you wrote: >At 10:54 AM 3/3/98 -0500, you wrote: > >There's a famous golf course in Monterey, CA, I believe with a famous tree >that is trademarked and no one is allowed to photograph it without paying >for the right. It's on private property. So it's enforceable, if they want >to pay the lawyers. > >Eric Welch