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Re: [OM] Will Work For Cameras

Subject: Re: [OM] Will Work For Cameras
From: "Bryant Wetzel" <ardvarrk@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 21:55:15 -0600
Gary,
        Hmmmm....I wonder if they actually have OM registered? Being a dunce in
such matters will probably not help if they come after me big time, but it
would be hard to prove that OM ment anything at all. After all, it could
mean something like Old Money. 

Just for the conversation....

Bryant

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> From: Gary Schloss <schloss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] Will Work For Cameras
> Date: Thursday, July 16, 1998 1:33 PM
> 
> Bryant:
> 
> >> >> I can have some T-Shirts  printed up that have:
> >> >>  "Will Work For Cameras"  Any takers?
> 
> Foxy and Gary R:
> 
> >> >If you make it more OLY specific, count me in.
> 
> Bryant again:
> 
> >     I think it wound up being something like:
> >     "Will Work For OM"
> >     This seeming to be the better of many.
> 
> Not to dumpen the enthusiasm here, but a plain "OM" may be
> quite cryptic, draw many funny looks, and require lots of
> explaining. A design that mimmics OLY's "OM" or "OM System"
> symbols that one finds on the factory boxes could well be
> a registered trademark.
> 
> IOW, this needs to be cleared with lawyers, or depending on
> how litigious Olympus USA is, it may get Bryant in trouble.
> 
> It'd be nice to get a clearance from Olympus, but they may
> want some money, control over the designs, etc. which might
> make everything much more expensive. Alternatively, it'd be
> wise to come up with something less specific yet clearly
> OM-related. Any ideas?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> /Gary Schloss.
> Studio City, CA
> schloss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
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