Gold Bros sued for using Isle of Skye tartan without permission

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[Bob C]

Mighty interesting indeed. MIGHTY interesting. Let's see how many run and hide now.

What does this mean?

[Roan Carter]

I laughed so hard at that picture. As children, my sister and I used to do that exact laugh any time we felt "Schadenfreude."

[Tattoo Bradley]

What does this mean?

There are other vendors, illegally, producing this tartan. It will be interesting to see how many cease and desist to avoid action, or "vanish" all together.

[Alan H]

My heart is not breaking at this news, even though I own a Gold Brothers kilt.

It's too short for me, BTW.

[Bob C]

There are other vendors, illegally, producing this tartan. It will be interesting to see how many cease and desist to avoid action, or "vanish" all together.

Got it.

[NewKilt]

There are other vendors, illegally, producing this tartan. It will be interesting to see how many cease and desist to avoid action, or "vanish" all together.

In my opinion, the penalty for this illegal action should be severe, so that other vendors who feel they are above the law get the message. And as Todd, mentioned, the same thing happens with the Irish National We have Stillwater Kilts doing it the right way - Jerry obtained the rights from the House of Edgar to have the Irish National woven out of synthetic material, while other vendors were selling it under a different name.

Darrell

[toneinedin]

I spoke with someone on the Royal Mile today who told me that this was only the first publicised court action but there are other pending actions in the courts against the Gold Bros empire for breach of copyright.

But the biggest problem was that most of the smaller Scottish manufacturers cannot afford to go to court against these people after their designs are copied becuase they simply cannot afford the legal costs of doing so or have not infact registered trademarks on their designs due to the costs involved.

[Jock Scot]

I spoke with someone on the Royal Mile today who told me that this was only the first publicised court action but there are other pending actions in the courts against the Gold Bros empire for breach of copyright.

But the biggest problem was that most of the smaller Scottish manufacturers cannot afford to go to court against these people after their designs are copied becuase they simply cannot afford the legal costs of doing so or have not infact registered trademarks on their designs due to the costs involved.

Why is it that I am not surprised?

[Nick the DSM]

maybe because you expected it?