Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/12

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: WE WUZ ROBBED!
From: "Austin Franklin" <austin@darkroom.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 13:08:16 -0500

You said it better than I did, you're right, I should have said a picture of
their "trademarked" tree...I would like to know if they were claiming their
tree was trademarked.

> I think he's saying that they claimed the tree itself was
> trademarked, and the use of the photograph was the infringement.
> Kind of like using the letter sequence "Harry Potter" on a web site...
>
> Paul
>
> > I
> > use my photograph of "The Lone Cypress" on the cover of one of my
> > published
> > books, which sell throughout that area. They claimed registered
> trademark
>
> Let me get this straight.  This is a picture of a tree...and they claimed
> that "a" picture (that I assume you took) of their tree is trademarked?
> Would you be so kind as to elaborate on exactly what their claim was?