Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Cosina may not have connections to Germany (as far as I can assume) but the Voigtlander brand certainly does and this is what matters. I don't know the current legal status of the Voigtlander brand and who owns the various intellectual property rights but you can be sure that whoever it is will not let its goodwill diminish out of history, passion or profit. Anyway I think we are talking about different things. Perhaps it is in poor taste to include "Germany" in the packaging but don't assume it was all Cosina's doing. Dan Cardish wrote: > I don't understand your point. Cosina is a Japanese company, located > thousands of miles from Germany. As far as know (and in part this is what > I am trying to find out), Cosina has no connections with Germany, other > than they bought a trademark (Voigtlander) which previously belonged to a > German based company. Yet, Cosina advertises their products as somehow > being associated with Germany, but I see no connection whatsoever. > > I am not referring to people being assiciated with a company due to buying > their products, I don't understand this analogy. Why would I call myself > "Dan Cardish - Photographer (Germany)", unless I had studios or offices > etc. in Germany? I don't question Kyocera referring to their lenses as > Carl Zeiss Germany, since they have an active arrangement with a German > manufacturer, even though production may take place in Japan. But what is > the connection in Cosina's case? > > Dan C. > > At 09:46 AM 27-02-01 -0500, Steve LeHuray wrote: > >> BMW is a German based company. They just happen to own some plants in > >> other countries such as USA in addition to their German plants. Is Cosina > >> similar to BMW in this way? > >> > >>