Hmmm ... I didn't know Dory Ventures, LLC owned Laser ...
http://lookwestlondon.com/2013/10/07/fulham-town-hall-plan-progress/
Look, yet another controversy with Rastegar ...
http://sarasparyarticleurl.blogspot.com
Who is this sailor named Nick Bottrill? Do 100's of sailors actually lose...
UK LASER trademark -1973 for boats, 1975 for sails, 1990 for life jackets and clothing.
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/tmownerid/search?domain=1&id=126371&app=1&name=Velum&postcode=
Looks like it claims priority to a CA TM filed in 1973.
The later filed EU trademark is a CTM -...
The first US LASER trademark application filing date is in 1974 and registered in 1976.
The first EU (CTM) LASER trademark application filing date is in 1996 and registered in 2000.
The first AU LASER trademark application filing date is in 1986 but it never registered and the application...
What is clear to me is that:
Kirby - is a nice guy
Rastegar - is an ass
Heini - is naive
Jeff Martin - is playing both sides of the fence and probably already has a job with the LP Union
ILCA - are pawns
GS - are businessmen
Laser sailors -are screwed for a few years
There is no way a...
Already tried. Without BK's permission, it isn't available to the public. LP's claim is incorrect. The Copyright Office won't even tell me how many pages it is.
Personally, I feel betrayed by the ILCA. The vote was either intentionally and deliberately misleading (fraudulent misrepresentation at worst - negligent misrepresentation at best) or their "attorney" committed malpractice in telling them the patents had expired. Which was it? The ILCA lied to...
Your summary is so simple and I totally agree. I wonder if your opinion is shared with those at your club, being mindful that you have an ILCA officer at your club. Has this created conflict? I wonder if the opinions of Laser sailors at clubs with ILCA officers differs from others.
Karaya's answer was filed today on the LASER trademark cancellation. No big shakes. Velum's answer is due Tuesday.
http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=92057168&pty=CAN&eno=9
The rule issue is over? If the ILCA knowingly and deliberately misled their members into voting a certain way, there may very well be legal consequences to those actions. It isn't over until the time limit for all potential claims is up and we aren't there yet. As a class member, the ILCA has...
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Nader_Rastegar
Yep. Iran seized their operations in Iran in the 70s but look at how how the operations ranked in size in the world. Even dictators move the bulk of their wealth out of their country. Do you really think they kept that kind of money in a...
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Family money. He comes from the wealthiest mining family in Iran. His businesses are disposable toys or, more likely, tools for moving money around the world.
Rastegar is most likely in the billionaire's club. This is fun and games to him. No doubt he's already positioned LP for bankruptcy. Don't think for a minute that he's feeling financial pressure.
Meanwhile over at the TTAB the trademark cancellation proceedings have been instituted and the answer and scheduling orders issued. First thing Rastegar did was to get new attorneys...
But one party stopped brushing his teeth for over a year and then gingivitis set in and there was talk of a tooth extraction, root canal, counterfet teeth (dentures). It's just a royal mess.
I sincerely hope that Kirby succeeds in this latest petition. If not, Kirby may have to escalate things again and resort to taking legal action against the individual officers of the ILCA. I can think of causes of action where they are individually responsible for their actions and any...