Re: Original Owner's manuals & bank checks

["David Ross" <ross@domain.elided>]

Me:
"surely Alfa can't protect the cross and serpent logo (except maybe in some very 
specific version) since it has been on the Visconti coat of arms for 
centuries."

Simon:
> automobile, then they can and will sue if they find out. Of course,
> other Milanese manufacturing firms can use the same cross and serpent,
> but their logos don't say "Alfa Romeo" on them. 

Then the solution seems to be to offer checks with the cross and serpent, but not the name Alfa.
That way the company can sell not only to Alfa owners but also to owners of Bezzara coffee machines
and parishioners of the Cathedral in Lucca:-)

- - David

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