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Originally Posted by tedzan
Brian
Regarding, the BOWMAN lawsuit.....there are two stories to it. One factor deals with the Rights of the players.
The 2nd deals with the labeling on the BOWMAN and LEAF wax-packs wrappers. I will scan my two 1949 LEAF
BB wax-pack wrappers and post them tomorrow to show you the difference.
The BOWMAN lawsuit forced LEAF to modify their wrapper labeling quite fast. The wrappers containing the 2nd
Series cards (short-prints) issued in the Summer of 1949 are different.
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Hi Brian
This illustrates the above stated 2nd lawsuit (BOWMAN vs LEAF) regarding the use of the wording "
BASEBALL BUBBLE GUM "
on the wax-pack wrapper. BOWMAN claimed they owned the Copyright for that term. So, LEAF removed the word " BASEBALL "
from their wax-pack wrapper when they issued their 2nd Series of cards in the Summer of 1949.
1949 BOWMAN ------------------------------------------
1949 LEAF 1st Series --------------------------
1949 LEAF 2nd Series
TED Z
T206 Reference
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