Chanel is being sued :O!!!

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Yes, I'm interested in seeing the pattern as well. I can see how this can go...though please note that I'm NOT saying this is actually what happened...

Example:
Big Company production folks get a sample swatch from Small Business Textile Co; keep the swatch; think...hmmm...maybe we can tweak the design a little...but not far enough to tell a difference to the naked eye; but different nonetheless. Then Big Co sends tweaked swatch to another textile company to reproduce because the other textile outfit does a better job at half the price (whatever the reason). Original Small Textile company points finger at Big Co...and says hey, that looks like the original swatch that I sent you...you stole it...a lawsuit ensues.

Yes, as this occurs all the time in design and production...it's still ethically wrong to not credit the original designer. So the question is, what's considered "different" from the original? That's for the fine print in the legal documents.

For example, many bags we see today are variations of our beloved Chanel flap...LV speedy...Hermes birken...etc. We see it everywhere. It's interesting to see a company so prominent and often replicated get accused of doing exactly that...knocking off a pattern. Hopefully the two sides can work it out.
 
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I read about this the other day. Brave lady, it takes a lot of money and nerve to sue Chanel - even if she's in the right, which I think she is. It's her crochet pattern - but do the little people ever win?
 
I wish they included more details about the actual pattern copied and the resulting copy so we could compare them. Seems to me like it might be a really bad PR move suing Chanel... If you were Dior/Gautier, would you really want to keep working with someone who just sued another fashion house client? Hmmm...
 
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She's not really one of the 'little people'. Quoting the article, "he owns World Tricot, a company that hand makes haute couture items for Christian Dior, Jean Paul Gautier and Chanel." I wish they included more details about the actual pattern copied and the resulting copy so we could compare them. Seems to me like it might be a really bad PR move suing Chanel... If you were Dior/Gautier, would you really want to keep working with someone who just sued another fashion house? Hmmm...


If the allegation(s) are true, to do nothing sends the wrong message as well. Motto of the story, don't steal, lie -- it will invariable come back to bite you.

If I was another vendor, I wouldn't think ill of the suit at all. It might make others think before doing the same deed.
 
If the allegation(s) are true, to do nothing sends the wrong message as well. Motto of the story, don't steal, lie -- it will invariable come back to bite you.

If I was another vendor, I wouldn't think ill of the suit at all. It might make others think before doing the same deed.

Well said. It's just that I don't know if a lawsuit was the only way to go. It's been 4-5 years and she has gotten nothing out of it but lost business.
 
Well said. It's just that I don't know if a lawsuit was the only way to go. It's been 4-5 years and she has gotten nothing out of it but lost business.

One has to be true to oneself or there is always more lost than cash. To thy own self be true. When they day is done, you do what you is right for you and if nothing happens to make amends, you live with the knowing you tried.

Many folks go up against something like this at some point. It's either fight or lose self-respect. The sad thing is the judicial system protects the rich in 99.9 percent of the time. Having worked in the legal field, I've seen it time and time again. He with the most money who can keep feeding the attorney for the long haul wins. (No offense to any attorneys here; it's the sad truth.)