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mikey cee
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It's Sunday and I'm extra lazy today. So researching is on hold. Can someone tell me who owns the Tasco trademark? Because I'm seeing numerous Tasco cheapies cropping up everywhere on different vendor's sights.   Mike 
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mikey cee
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I thought Tasco went bankrupt back in 2002. Who is this company with a current website www.tasco.com? Who actually runs this outfit now? Any legal experts out there?  Mike
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7x35 and 10x50 sears tower binocs, 3" f/10 edmunds reflector, 2.4" f/11.7 manon refractor, 6" f/8 jaegers refractor, "The 8 Ball" 8" f/13.3 brandt refractor, 3" f/15.8 sans&streiffe refractor, 3.1" f/15 selsi refractor(towa 339), 2.4" f/15 sears refractor, selsi 30x30mm spyglass, criterion 5-draw 25x45x75x spyglass(1957), 4.25" f/14.8 tasco 20te.
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jrcrilly
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I thought Tasco went bankrupt back in 2002. Who is this company with a current website www.tasco.com? Who actually runs this outfit now? Any legal experts out there? Mike
As I recall, Bushnell bought the name (but nothing else).
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I thought Tasco went bankrupt back in 2002. Who is this company with a current website www.tasco.com? Who actually runs this outfit now? Any legal experts out there? Mike
As I recall, Bushnell bought the name (but nothing else).
Nothing much else to buy. Once Celestron was gone, all there was was the name "Tasco" (well, maybe some office equipment). Tasco itself never, ever made a thing. The current Tasco really ain't much different from the Tasco of the 80s - 90s, and that was only different from the Tasco of the 50s - 60s in the quality of the gear they chose to import. 
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jrcrilly
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Nothing much else to buy. Once Celestron was gone, all there was was the name "Tasco" (well, maybe some office equipment).
Pretty much. Some outfit in Florida bought the contents of repair shop (parts & pieces, test gear, etc.).
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John C
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A&M/Astreya 76mm F/6 APO
TMB/LOMO 80mm F/7.5 APO
Tak FSQ-106N F/5 APO
Meade 178ED F/9 "APO"
Meade ETX-125AT
C14
Teeter 20" F/3.8 truss Newt w/ServoCat
NJP, GPDX/SS2KPC, CG5-GT
ST-10XME, DSI Pro
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