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"Minolta" cameras back on the market...

Started Jul 24, 2019 | Discussions thread
SQLGuy
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Re: "Minolta" cameras back on the market...

neilt3 wrote:

Do a search on this forum , it's old news , but an interesting story .

It's possible that they just sell cameras branded Minolta after helping themselves to what was classes ( in a court ) as an abandoned trademark .

Their web site says: Minolta® is a registered trademark of JMM Lee Properties, LLC and is used in the United States under license by Elite Brands Inc.

JMM Lee Properties apparently owns several well-known names for use in areas where they don't work or no-longer exist. e.g. Litton and Bendix.

It seemed that there was no connection to Minolta / Konica Minolta at all .

It also appeared that the cameras were of very low quality .

There was a second thread which also involved conversations with a rep from a large American retailer whom I think has links with dpr .

Awkward questions were asked about the validity of selling a camera as a brand to cash in on a well known brand name , where the manufacturer might have no legal right , and the whole thread was deleted .

There was a lot more to it than that though .

On there website it showed in the adverts much to infer that the cameras were still connected to KM .

This seemed to be very misleading , but it was never confirmed if the two manufacturers had any links .

Have a read up on it .

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