Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]LEICAMAN56@aol.com wrote: > One fly in the ointment here is that Leica does not own the Leica name, but > in fact licenses it. This is one strange outcome of Leica going public in > 1996. This is also the explanation of why Leica Camera changed its logo from > the lovely script to the ugly gray block letters with the red Leica dot. So > if Leica AG is bought out by a foreign entity (Japanese), the name may not be > part of the deal! Bill, Like the Rolls-Royce surprise. Lucien