Gold Bros sued for using Isle of Skye tartan without permission

**toneinedin** · 27th March 08, 12:57 PM

http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/...ace.3919430.jp

**Dirk Skene** · 27th March 08, 01:10 PM

If I had a paten on a pattern I'd get upset if someone used it without paying too.

**Jock Scot** · 27th March 08, 01:13 PM

Well well well,this could be interesting.Very interesting.

**JerseyLawyer** · 27th March 08, 01:13 PM

I can't help but find this a cheerful bit of news. Snobbery coming out again, I think, but they foist off a lot of junk on tourists who don't know any better.

Ironically, one of the google links at the bottom of the page when I read the article was for Heritage of Scotland, which I believe is a Gold Bros. store. You can't find that out when you read the webpage, but I made the mistake of ordering some shoes from them lately, and that's what the bag said.

**Dirk Skene** · 27th March 08, 01:14 PM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

Well well well,this could be interesting.Very interesting.

Yes it could. Hey toneinedin, keep us posted please.

**Tattoo Bradley** · 27th March 08, 01:16 PM

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

**Galician** · 27th March 08, 01:20 PM

Originally Posted by JerseyLawyer

I can't help but find this a cheerful bit of news. Snobbery coming out again, I think, but they foist off a lot of junk on tourists who don't know any better.

Ironically, one of the google links at the bottom of the page when I read the article was for Heritage of Scotland, which I believe is a Gold Bros. store. You can't find that out when you read the webpage, but I made the mistake of ordering some shoes from them lately, and that's what the bag said.

Yes, my first online order for accessories was from that site. I did wonder if the woman who sent me an email in connection with it, and was named Singh-Gold, might be an Indian married to a Scotsman. Little did I know!!!

**Dirk Skene** · 27th March 08, 01:21 PM

Originally Posted by JerseyLawyer

...... but they foist off a lot of junk on tourists who don't know any better.......

I had never even heard of these fellows before joining here. I guess I was lucky in that reguard.

**sharpdressedscot** · 27th March 08, 02:16 PM

Originally Posted by Dirk Skene

I had never even heard of these fellows before joining here. I guess I was lucky in that reguard.

Same here.

**beloitpiper** · 27th March 08, 02:34 PM

Locharron claims to be the only mill licensed to produce Isle of Skye, but I thought Marton Mills produced it too...

I wonder if other companies could get in trouble for using counterfeit tartan?