[Jewelry making - Article 01186] - Re: [Orchid] Let's get Yurman

[Lisa Orlando]

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    Ah well. I tried to create a new thread, but I see lots of Yurman
    posts still under the old thread. What to do, what to do... 

    Very interesting set of responses, though. I'm not even remotely
    worried about myself, at least at this point. I'm concerned that
    Yurman has a firm trolling for people to sue, and I consider that an
    industry issue. And an Orchid issue, since we just heard from some
    Orchidians who have been threatened. 

    Since I'm not in that end of the business, I don't know anything
    about trade associations, but I would think this would be of concern
    to them, since it's likely to be their members that Yurman will go
    after. Some posters say that Yurman has always won, but has he ever
    had to go up against a trade association? A judge might take a
    slightly different view of such a case--especially if the suit
    *originated* with the association. At the very least, I would think
    such associations would be filing "friend of the court" briefs in
    these cases, or paying for the lawyer (don't you manufacturing folks
    have some kind of legal insurance?). 

    One way or the other, it's a nasty practice, and my "union"
    mentality (aka sense of solidarity) tends to extend to people in this
    trade. So I'd like to see him stopped. 

    What James says is particularly interesting. I don't see how Yurman
    can be winning all these cases if this is true. 

Lisa Orlando
Albion, CA, US

 
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