Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 03:05 PM 11/10/1999 -0500, Andrew S Jordan wrote: >The name is worth a fortune for optical products. >Moreover, it happened at least in two other instances(Zeiss and >Voigtlander) I am horrified. The name "Zeiss" has certainly NOT been "sold": it is very firmly held by the Carl Zeiss lensworks of Oberkochen and Jena, a subsidiary of the Carl Zeiss Foundation of Heidenheim and Jena. Nor was the Voigtlander name "sold": it was merely licensed to Cosina by its current (very German) owners. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!