Yes, there is sometimes that sort of issue with
Chinese firms. I was once contacted by a Chinese
firm offering to sell cheap baroque bows and the
image they used was one of my own bows which
they'd scraped off my website!
I think there is also a similar parallel trade in
the Pakistani lutes
Exactly. In my opinion the right violation can be only on the brand mark, if
it has been registered and if Thomann lutes had it on them. There could not
be a copyright on a lute design, in my opinion, as they are from historical
designs which are public domain. Probably if the LDD rosette was a
Well put.
Gibson has some of their designs patented. You can copy an ES335, but
you are not allowed to copy the shape of the shoulders, the shape of
the top of the headstock, the shape of the trussrod cover and the
Gibson logo and name. I suppose LDD has a patent on their logo, but
Am Freitag, 20. September 2019 11:00 CEST, David van Ooijen
schrieb:
>I think the author of the video is too quick in accusing Thomann
>instead of the Chinese supplier.
I think the author of said video might be up for an unpleasant surprise - he's
accusing
Thomann of a crime. He
I think the author of the video is too quick in accusing Thomann
instead of the Chinese supplier. Chinese suppliers of copied
instruments often use the pictures from the originals, and not form
their own work. If you go internet shopping for a cheap Chinese Gibson,
Fender or fancy
Dear Bruno and other Lutenists
Following on from questions raised by Bruno Carneiro and others
about Thomann Canterlla lutes being possible copies of LLD lutes, I see
Braedon Hofmann has posted this video about this question:
[1]https://youtu.be/VcOIeVwCOv0
Regards
