The "rumor" didn't made sense from the beginning: *we* don't know the details about the Ricoh-Hoya deal, but Ricoh definitely does. Yet we're supposed to believe that Ricoh - who is preparing for the November anniversary - is either a. unaware they would lose the right to Pentax brand or b. investing money into promoting the brand then suddenly stop?
Alex On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 2:58 AM Igor PDML-StR <pdml...@komkon.org> wrote: > > > I suspect some PDMLers may have seen this on DPreview, Pentax Rumors, or > elsewhere, but I thought some might be curious to hear this. > > There was a short "rumor" posted on Pentax Rumors in May, that > apparently, Ricoh's rights to use the Pentax brand name will end in 2020: > https://pentaxrumors.com/2019/05/20/rumors-ricohs-rights-to-use-the-pentax-brand-name-will-expire-in-2020/ > > 10 days later, DPreview obtained a statement from a Ricoh spokesperson > who denied that: > https://www.dpreview.com/news/1202805327/ricoh-denies-rumours-it-will-lose-the-right-to-use-the-pentax-brand-name > > Cheers, > > Igor > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
