Many thanks for taking the time to post this update.
Andy Baron
On Aug 18, 2009, at 7:09 PM, Robin Rolfs wrote:
Greeting Phonolisters,
You are correct, executives would probably not approve the marble on
E-bay
with the Nipper and gramophone trademark. In our book "Nipper
Collectibles," we wrote eight pages on the Nipper logo, it's history
and
changes. Our last page we titled, "Is That All There is, Nipper?"
You see, recently Nipper's pedigree has become rather convoluted and
fragmented. Once the world's most recognizable trademark, Nipper
can now
only appear in the country of origin. Because of territorial
licensing, he
can no longer be used as a tool in global marketing and
identification of a
product. Therefore, because Nipper is not a trademark in the USA,
nobody
cares if the trademark is used.
The marble is a new Nipper collectible. As long as the trademark
sells, we
are sure there will be many more new Nipper logo items on the market.
Chapter 6 of our Nipper Collectibles book is titled, "Nipper
Reproductions,
Friend or Faux." We discuss reproduction and fantasy items that
should be
marketed as nostalgic Nipper collectibles. Because of the amount of
new
Nipper collectibles we are planning a future update to our book in
another
three years. Of course we feel the new items should be marked as
reproductions or new, however, it is also nice to know that the
Nipper logo
is still a popular collectible.
Visit our website at:
www.audioantique.com
Robin & Joan Rolfs
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