Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]apbbeijing wrote: > > on 22/8/00 5:29 AM, Dante Stella at dante@umich.edu wrote: > > > Yeah, but putting Germany in white letters on a camera made in Japan - and > > with the Japan part marked in much smaller letters (which itself may not > > be completely true) looks a lot like deceptive sales practices under the > > Lanham Act, which provides a civil remedy for making deceptive statements > > about the origin of one's own goods or the goods of others. > > Bit like my R5 which says ERNST LEITZ WETLZLAR GMBH engraved on the base and > only after much searching and viewing in the right light is 'Made in > Portugal' visible on the leatherette...or the R lenses made by Minolta that > say in big letters 'LEITZ WETZLAR'... > > Rs > > Adrian > EQUALLY NASTY! Herr Cohens predecessors and the Voigtländer née Cosina guy both need to be doing some SERIOUS COMMUNITY SERVICE!!! Let's get 'em both picking up the garbage next to the highway! Or scraping off some SERIOUS GRAFFITI! That'll serve em right. Mark William Rabiner