wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprietary
proprietary rights n. those rights which go with ownership of real property or a business.
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/proprietary+rights
22 April 2008
Mr Malcolm James Lorenzo Baker
42 Spencer Avenue
MAKETU 3070
Dear Mr Baker
We refer to your letter of 20 March 2008 and apologise for the delay in responding to you. We have spent some time reviewing your letter and your journal and make the following comments:
1. The copy of the Crime and Punishment Journal (28 September 2006) you sent us seems incomplete. Can you please provide us with a complete copy?
2. Please also provide us with proof that you own copyright in the plate. At a minimum we would need to see written consent from Bill Bell assigning copyright of the plate to you. Out of interest, we see that there are a number of identical plates available for sale on ebay. If, as you state, you do own copyright in these plates, you may wish to contact these sellers of these plates to assert your proprietary rights.
Until we receive the above information, we are not in a position to consider your claims further.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully.
(signed)
Michele Sang
Legal Counsel | McDonald's Restaurants (NZ) Ltd.
email michele.san@nz.mcd.com | tel/fax +649 539 4383 mobile +6421 659 816
McDonald's Restaurants (NZ) Ltd
302 Great South Road, Greenlane, PO Box 6644 Wellesley St., Auckland New Zealand. Tel 64 9 539 4300 Fax 64 9 539 4310