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29th December 19, 12:26 PM
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Tartan registration question
I was just wondering if you have to get a tartan registered to have it woven or is that just to claim that you are the designer of the tartan?
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29th December 19, 02:12 PM
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There is no requirement to register a design. There are many hundred non-registered designs. One guy on one of the on-line Tartan design programs has designed well over 100 designs just because he likes t do it. He has not gone through the expense of registering any of his designs.
In fact registration is a bit of a misleading term.
A better term would be "listing". All the register does is - 1) compare a new design against the existing ones so that they are different. 2) insure that the design name conforms with current naming conventions. 3) keep a sample of the woven fabric if you send them one.
A weaver does not care, or in many cases even know, if a design is registered or not. Most will abide by a Copyright if they are notified that a design is under copyright but they are not obligated to do a copyright search.
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29th December 19, 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Frostbeard
I was just wondering if you have to get a tartan registered to have it woven or is that just to claim that you are the designer of the tartan?
I don't know for sure if it is courtesy or a requirement of some kind, but every time some one has asked about weaving the tartan I registered, I have receieved an email from the weaver asking if I approve of the request. This has happened a couple of times so far, though I very much doubt anyone else had the tartan woven. On one occasion when I ordered a custom weave for one kilt, the weaver double checked to make sure I was the person listed. At very least, it suggests a degree of integrity, and that the weavers did check the Scottish Register of Tartans before accepting an order.
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30th December 19, 07:10 AM
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Same, i am going through getting my first custom kilt and fabric woven. My tartan is registered, and was asked to verify i am who i said i am according to the registry. Of course i asked them to weave STR#10077, so that might have been a clue to them to check.
Its possible if i just gave them thread counts, that they would have never checked.
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30th December 19, 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Gryphon noir
I don't know for sure if it is courtesy or a requirement of some kind, but every time some one has asked about weaving the tartan I registered, I have receieved an email from the weaver asking if I approve of the request. This has happened a couple of times so far, though I very much doubt anyone else had the tartan woven. On one occasion when I ordered a custom weave for one kilt, the weaver double checked to make sure I was the person listed. At very least, it suggests a degree of integrity, and that the weavers did check the Scottish Register of Tartans before accepting an order.
Oh marvellous! I am delighted to hear that the weavers take the time to check.
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