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    Quote Originally Posted by chasem View Post
    This post did not go where I thought it was headed. I was thinking a 3-piece suit from tartan material worn in the court of law!

    Keep it quiet chasem or else Cessna152Towser will be jonesing, and he just got his camo kilt to go incognito.

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    I didn't realize that someone could "acquire the rights" to a Tartan design in the USA. Is there such a thing as a Tartan copyright?

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    Quote Originally Posted by mudd View Post
    I didn't realize that someone could "acquire the rights" to a Tartan design in the USA. Is there such a thing as a Tartan copyright?
    yes, there is. There are a few corporations that have exclusive contracts with specific mills to weave tartan for them.

    in essence, think of a tartan design as a work of art...

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    Quote Originally Posted by mudd View Post
    I didn't realize that someone could "acquire the rights" to a Tartan design in the USA. Is there such a thing as a Tartan copyright?
    Yes...

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