RE: [Leica] The World Wide Value of the Leica Name

["Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)" <peterk@lucent.com>]

Hey Marc,

Are you of German extraction?  You seem to be so picky on spelling and
things like that.

Peter K

- -----Original Message-----
From: Marc James Small [mailto:msmall@roanoke.infi.net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 10:10 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] The World Wide Value of the Leica Name


At 06:23 PM 7/1/1999 -0700, Stephen Gandy wrote:
>OK Bill, I have no idea of the Porche particulars, my point was Porche was
>making money on sun glasses, so perhaps the Leica name could be used to
>provide more profit to the company through new Leica products, or licensing
>of the Leica name.   If my memory is correct, I saw Porche sun glasses at
my
>local Costco (a discount super department store).

First of all, Stephen, it is "Porsche", not "Porche".

Second, Bill's point was that the sunglasses are NOT made by the car
company nor involved with the car company.  The Porsche Design Studio is a
separate company not connected with the car company save in that it is
owned by a different member of the family, who, in turn, has no involvement
with the Porsche car works.

One of the members of the Rollei List is a "Leitz" and is a member of the
famed Wetzlar family -- but his branch has no involvement with the camera
company, at all.  Just relatives.  They've been in the US since before
Barnack did his stuff.

Marc

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