Can you please explain what you mean by vista?
I know for a fact that it is impossible to prevent the usage of an image of a building that has been trademarked or has a trademark on it, at least in the USA. The owner of the trademark simply has no right to do so. This was settled in the Rock n Roll Hall of Farm suit many years back. Most of the time when I hear about companies doing things like this, they get away with it because the photographer does not know his rights.
I realize this may not be what you mean though by "use of that vista."
Thanks, then I was completely mis-informed about this. That was a while ago, and it's not something that comes up in my life so I never had to re-visit it.
I remember it coming up in discussions about stock photography but I can't remember where else now. In the case of stock photography, photos would be rejected because of the presence of a logo in city panorama, for example. But that might just be a case of a stock agency not wanting the bother.
On a separate topic, I just wish more jurisdictions would simply not allow large signage. There are a couple of heritage towns in Ontario whose signage by-laws annoy certain companies that want to place their ugly logos on buildings. I wish more towns would do that.
