[Jewelry making - Article 01182] - Re: [Orchid] Let's get Yurman

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>     Yurman has won every time he's gone to court. In this country it
>     isn't about how creative you are but how good your lawyers are. 

    When someone mentioned the $750,000 Yurman won against a jeweler, I
    was appalled and so I looked the case up. You're right, in most of
    the cases like this you're only as good as your lawyer and paid
    experts. The general public doesn't know his designs aren't totally
    original. I never could tell from reading the case how this jeweler
    infringed on which copyright. Anyway, in this particular case Yurman
    did lose something, in a way. On appeal he lost the punitive damage
    part of the judgment and the attorneys' fee part. The jewelry
    company that was sued was then supposed to pay around $200,000. I
    couldn't tell from the case (reading from the Internet) whether it
    would be appealed further or that was the end of it. 

    Whatever the case, it's still not fair. But, as my son reminded me
    that I always told him, "life isn't fair; you do your best, make the
    best of a situation and remember that what goes around comes around"
    (my Pollyanna approach). Hey, he was listening after that ballgame.
    He did get a kick of reminding me what I said. 

Vickie

 
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