Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My employer, Rockwell Collins (Collins Radio) has taken a different tact on this and has happily aided enthusiasts and allowed them to use their older logos and also have given consent to allow the reprinting of older out of print manuals etc. Gene -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Jim Shulman" <jshul@comcast.net> > > About fifteen or twenty years ago the major US auto companies realized that > there was a huge amount of money to be made through licensing their logos > and images of their products--something that hadn't really captured their > attention previously. From that point on they've gone after all sorts of > folks who have photographed their products, and used their logos. To be > fair, many of the alleged infringements were for profit-making ventures, > such as people who reproduced vintage car parts and accessories. > Unfortunately, the big US auto makers' staff attorneys don't make much of a > distinction between club enthusiasts and pirates. > > A good friend of mine had been involved with the Lincoln (automobile) > Owners > Club, trying to get Ford's blessing for an archive of vintage Lincoln > images, including ads, manuals, and other print materials. After three > years of fighting Ford's bureaucracy (including marshalling the force of > several Ford VPs who were avid members of the Lincoln Owners Club), he gave > up what had become a fruitless battle. > > In the LUG yearbook, the vast majority of images do not show Leica > equipment > or logos--with one exception: the cover image, showing an M8 ready for use. > If Leica AG really wants to take issue with that, I'd be surprised. > > Jim Shulman > Bryn Mawr, PA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Tina > Manley > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 4:53 PM > To: lug@leica-users.org > Subject: [Leica] Ford Logo problems > > LUG: > > Any chance Leica would do the same to our yearbook? > > http://www.adrants.com/2008/01/ford-slaps-brand-enthusiasts-returns.php > > Tina > > Tina Manley > ASMP, NPPA, EP, PI > http://www.tinamanley.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information