Quote Originally Posted by Cavebear58 View Post
So let me get this right...

Someone has attended a public festival and has taken a photograph of one of your products. They have then photoshopped it, so even you had difficulty recognising it as your own item. They have then used this photograph to portray goods that they are having produced somewhere else, which they are selling at a fraction of the price of your own goods. Imagine all the money I could make doing that. I'm too blonde

They have not grabbed the picture from your website.

Nappa leather is a term that has been in use since 1921 if not earlier (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nappa_leather). It is a high quality leather renowned for softness and durability and is often used for car upholstery - because of its longevity.

If this character is known as Isaac, and I've seen the right ebay listing, then he hasn't claimed that the picture is actually the garment he is selling - nor has he disclaimed this either. He is not claiming that this is one of your products.

If I am understanding right, then I don't see what he has done that is wrong? Bit lazy, maybe, but wrong?

Unless he has actually produced an item that is clearly intended to look like one of your design protected* garments and endeavoured to pass it off as such then has he broken the law in the US?

* They ARE design protected, I trust?

Without seeing the real thing, which may not look anything like yours, I don't understand what his crime is?

Are people going to look at his product and say; "Hey that's one of rkilts garments going at a cheap price?" Maybe to an afficianado, but otherwise?

Sorry, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but if he is able to produce these with genuine nappa leather at $129 perhaps the question to be asking yourself is HOW and whether you can learn from him, as he's obviously found a good source of cheap leather tailoring.

I'd love to join the lynching party, but I have a feeling you need to change the law first before you take it into your own hands.

Best wishes, Graham.
Graham I recognized the kilt right away. They photoshopped the hanger and person holding the kilt out of the picture.
By posting that picture he is implying to you the consumer that this is the garment you are getting to the last detail
Using my ebay account I asked the seller a question. I asked if the kilt pictured is the one I would get. He replied yes.
Yes I have the design registered in Canada as for the U.S. that's a different ballgame and different laws
I referred him to the website to illustrate that the pictures of the kilts are the same design.
No they haven't taken the picture from my website. They walked into my store space and took a picture of my product. They didn't buy it then take it home and take a picture of it.

Yes I should take up the many offers from the offshore companies and have them make my design of kilt and sell them. What am I thinking! I'm crazy spending hours sewing a tailored garment when I could get some other person to do it for pennies. Heck wouldn't have to spend time with a customer, show them how their kilt is going to be made. Wouldn't have to hand pick the hides myself. I could use the nappa leather that has been refinished a number of times.

So why is it my nose is out of joint? I just wonder why they can't take a picture of their own product and post it? It's what I do. It's what most of the merchants you value here do.


As for the lynching....hmm don't think so

Isaac has a right to do business, that's cool, it would be nice if he were ethical.....

As to the Pakistani Company that are using photos of my product I'm in contact with them and they are dealing with it.

In the grand scheme of things there are better things to worry about, like waking up tomorrow