Originally Posted by
kbarch
It occurs to me that designs like the Acqua & Sapone team kit are essentially salvaged - if anyone wants to claim the design, they owe the Chinese a fee for bringing it back and generating interest.
Acqua & Sapone might have reasons not to have team kit currently. If they own the trademark, they have a right to control how it's used.
You are suggesting that not only do they not have such a right, they owe people for using it in a way they don't choose how it is used.
Coca Cola used to be made with cocaine. I doubt the current company would be happy to pay people to "generate interest" in other people promoting that association.