. >> reporter: bruce nolan is the third generation of nolans on the wharf serving visitors here more than 50 years. >> we just moved some letters around and said, this looks pretty good. let's throw usa in on the bottom. >> reporter: soon after it went on sale, however, that shirt caught the attention of a rival surfing community 400 miles to the south. and bruce's mother and co-owner ginger nolan got a very upsetting notice. >> she came to us with a letter she received from lawyers representing the huntington beach conventional visitors bureau. she was not aware of the trademark surf usa. as the santa cruz visitors bureau, christina glenn helps local businesses. >> we sat down with her in the conference room and read the letter. it was a cease and desist letter asking her to cease selling t-shirts emblazend with the logo. >> we demand that on or before september 24, 2006, you must agree to be showing or any other marks. immediately that means we're going to sue you. >> reporter: harold is a partner at singularity rrp in silicon valley. and he's a santa cruz resident and devoted surf

bruce, antony mccarten and douglas urbanski. producers. >> "dunkirk," emma thomas and christopher nolan, producers. >> "get out," shawn mckittrick>>> "lady bird," scott rudin, eli bush and evelyn o'neill, producers. >>> "phantom thread," joanne sellar, megan ellison and daniel lupi, producers. >>> "the post," amy pascal, steven spielberg and kristie macosko krieger, producers. >>> "the shape of water," guillermo del toro and j. miles dale, producers. >>> and "three billboards outside ebbing, missouri," graham broadbent, peter czernin and martin mcdonagh, producers. [ applause ] >> thank you very much, everyone, for watching this morning and congratulations to all the nominees. >> and make sure you watch as we celebrate the 90th oscars, sunday night, march 4th on abc. [ applause ] >> first of all, congratulations to all the nominees. >> absolutely. >> that was the most entertaining i think we've ever seen. >> i hope she does it every year. [ applause ] >> that was worth it. >> so good for the show. >> so what jumped out right away to you? what's the one thing that jumped out to you? >> i was a little surprised that "i, tonya" did

"darkest hour," tim bevan, eric fellner, lisa bruce, anthony mccarten and douglas urbanski producers. "dunkirk," emma thomas and christopher nolanady bird," scott ridden, eli bush and evelyn o'neill, producers. >> "phantom thread," joanne sellar, paul thomas anderson, and daniel lupi. >> "the post," amy pascal, steven spielberg and kristie macosko krieger. >> "the shape of water," guillermo del toro and j. miles dale, producers. >> and "three bilboards outside ebbing, missouri," graham broadbend, peter czernin and martin mcdonagh, producers. >> there we have it. those are the oscar nominations. what do you think? >> "phantom thread," daniel day-lewis' final movie, got a lot of nominations. best picture, best director and a surprise nomination for lesley manville. "the post" didn't do as well as i thought it would do. tom hanks was not nominated. denzel washington was. >> i was surprised "i, tonya" was not nominated. >> it was on the bubble. but margot robbie did get nominated and allison janney. it did okay. but it would have been nice to see it for best picture. >> dave, thank you for all that. >> we couldn't do it without you.