I just got this piece of info from one of my history-wise friends at
Praktica group:
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Frantisek, regarding trademarks, do you know that the name "Pentax" was
originally owned by KW? A range of KW cine equipment was made under the
Pentax name but I suspect Asahi made an arrangement with KW to use it
for its cameras.
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few explanations: KW was a camera maker in Germany, later merged (afaik)
into VEB PENTACON. They certainly had (tm) Pentaflex for some of the later
cameras. I do now know personally if the bit about Pentax is true too, but
the person who told it is usually spot-on. KW also had hands in the first
Prakticas.
Frantisek
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