[Jewelry making - Article 01143] - Re: [Orchid] Lets Get Yurman

[peggyw]

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    Here's a cautionary tale about a similar situation. A friend of mine
    does advertising work. She puts together brochures for vacation
    rental property management companies. The brochure feature photos of
    the properties, descriptions of the amentites, distance to the
    beach, etc., etc. Each year she tries to make her rental property
    brochures mildly creative with additional graphics and photos of
    area scenery. One year, she found herself being sued by a law firm
    representing Steven Spielberg because she had used an outline of a
    hat in a graphic.The hat bore a faint resemblance to the one worn by
    the lead character in the Indiana Jones movies. She wound up having
    to pay $5000 to make this go away. Unbeknownst to the law firm who
    claimed to be representing Mr. Spielberg, she and her husband had
    worked in Hollywood and knew Spielberg socially. The law firm
    basically spent their time trolling for these kinds of cases, hoping
    to frighten people into paying up. Spielberg recieved nothing from
    it, and told my friends that he and his attorneys didn't even know
    about it. Problem is, once someone files a suit of this kind, the
    cost to hire an attorney and defend yourself is usually prohibitive
    to small business people. So it's easier to settle and make it go
    away, like my friend had to do. And I am given to understand that
    there are law firms that exist solely to do this kind of thing. 

    Peggy
    It's a beautiful day on the Outer Banks, where we are cleaning up
    after a Noreaster brought us 110 mph winds for Thanksgiving!


 
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