Ebay problem-you gus got to read-Talk with Sikorsky Att. Mr. Pasulka

Steve Jahn · 2003-11-20T01:07:49+00:00

This is the information I received from Mr. Pasulka (Trademark council), forSikorsky Aircraft Corporation (SAC).Recently, SAC has come to the conclusion that the company is losingconsiderable revenue by the selling of non licensed products that they havenot endorsed. At this time they intend to pursue all companies involved inthe selling of these products. This includes models as well as spare partsand other things. SAC considers Ebay as a worldwide company and is a majorvisible outlet for there products. SAC has been searching the internet forcertain groupings of words, Sikorsky, helicopter, sale,etc. This is how theyfound my auction. They intend to go up the line to distributors andimporters, as well as the US Customs service to prevent the import ofun-licensed models. That is all SAC models at this time. They say they willand do intend to do this soon.SAC says at this time that they have no agreements with "any" modelmanufacturer to produce any plastic (kits) models of their products. Theyhave for the last few months been trying to contact Revell by letter andhave had no positive response. In their words, Revell is ignoring therequests to work things out.I think I need to discuss the legal issue as far as the right to sellsomething like a model. Again, according to SAC every contract to build amilitary item is different. For instance the name "Black Hawk". As explainedto me, the name Blackhawk was used by Sikorsky personnel to talk about thehelicopter under development. The military decided they liked the name andreceived from SAC permission to use the name. However SAC has final say soon how it is used. An agreement between the government and say GeneralDynamics on the F-16 might be totally different on the use of the FightingFalcon name or the likeness of the aircraft. The point is that there is noconsistency to all the planes, tanks, ships that have been produced for thegovernment and the ability of Monogram,Tamiya or Italeri to build a replicaof it. The only...

Nov 20, 2003 43 Replies

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Mark Schynert 22 years ago

Hasogramiya's got no standing to complain, because they put it, with their name on it, in the stream of commerce. Were you to manufacture the same kit and mislabel it as theirs, that would be closer to the present situation. Sikorsky's complaint arises out of the unauthorized marking of the product.

Mark Schynert

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Edwin Ross Quantrall 22 years ago

And from his grave, Gioacchino Rossini reaches out a ghostly hand and taps Moore on *his* shoulder and says, "Funny, *I'm* the guy who wrote it as the overture for a *serious* Opera and I *don't* recall giving permission for it's use in a horse-opera..."

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The Old Timer 22 years ago

Unfortunaly, I was pointed out to me later that Lark DID put the K-Bosh on that commercial. Stopped Freeburg cold. 8o(

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