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**Bob Harrington** · January 22nd 08, 05:48 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation

Lynn in StLou wrote in
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Bob Harrington wrote:
wrote in
ng.com:

As for airframe manufacturers' efforts to extract license fees from
scale model aircraft manufacturers for use of the company name, I
think that's OUTRAGEOUS, especially when one realizes that in most
cases Uncle Sam paid for the designs! But I'll wager the drive for
that comes from greedy executives, not inhouse counsel.

I recall reading some years ago of a lawsuit that named Boeing as a
defendant when a child swallowed a small plastic part out a scale
model of a Boeing aircraft. Boeing's name was on the box, therefore
they were guilty (read: had deep pockets)

I haven't been to a hobby store in a long time to check, but I also
recall reading that the above suit was the reason Boeing won't allow
it's name on model boxes any more.

Bob ^,,^

Boeing's name does appear on model boxes.

Thanks for that. Quite likely what I read was merely an 'true internet
fact'...

Bob ^,,^