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I think the issue of trademarks came to a head in the mid/late 1960s. Marto of Spain started making reproductions using fairly accurate trademarks of various Solingen firms. A few of the companies who were still in business sued Marto for trademark infringement. The suit was joined by the Solingen Blademakers Guild. Marto lost big time. Shortly thereafter, reproductions appeared with "Weyersberg Belin", "Holler Berlin", etc., or spurious marks such as "Herbertus". Luneschloss was an attractive target since they were a small firm, and went out of business at the end of WW2.