Selasa, 02 Maret 2004

Aussies Whinge Against Uggly Americans

This week's Sunday Telegraph carries a salutary article on the American talent for spotting an chance to spot a promising monopoly. The chance inwards interrogation relates to the currently stylish ugg boot, an Australian excogitation and, judging past times its appearance, a hot manner accessory if e'er at that spot was one. To Australians the ugg is a generic term, to a greater extent than a business office of their rugged civilization than a manner statement. But Deckers, a Goleta, California-based company, is evidently cleaning upwards on the IP rights inwards the give-and-take seat UGG together with has already stopped the sale of generic non-Deckers uggs on eBay. Deckers has similar a shot reportedly obtained merchandise seat rights for UGG inwards but about 25 countries.

observes that "ugg" is defined inwards that authoritative Australian work, the Macquarie Dictionary as "a fleecy-lined kicking amongst an untanned upper". If this Definition is anything to become by, it is probable that whatever infringement activity brought past times Deckers volition endure keenly defended. Meanwhile, he notes the complaints of indigenous Australian ugg-makers together with takes comfort from the fact that it's non but poms who whinge...

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