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Originally Posted by luigi bertolotti
...what's in a name... if I setup a camera shop and name it "Leica Photo" I can absolutely do it... I would be curious on how many Leica-brand graphics, logos are real registered property...
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Hello Luigi Bertolotti,
first, I want to tell you that I love your beach portraits of your daughters. And I also enjoyed reading your tales of romantic-adverture with a briefly owned Leica Noctilux - back at a time when you were a young man in the Dolomite mountains.
But I also read your story about the tragic fate of the owner of a camera shop in your home town who commited suicide (and your emotions for having purchased from this same man, his Leica lense dating back from wartime WWII). I think eveytime you hold that lense in your hand and do photography with it, you'll remember this man who previously owned the lense.
Back to my question:
Could any private camera-user/collector, camera re-seller, eBay-reseller - just register "Leica"?
I understand your opinion is: " in Italy... you can absolutely do it..."
To check your theory about Italy - I googled "Leica", "Italy" and looked at the
www.leicatime.com. The URL contains the name "Leica" and pictures on the website display leather products branded "Leicatime" with a similiar "Leica"-like logo-script - so I guess you're right about things in Italy. Thanks Luigi.
Axel
Axel Sanders