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	title of this thread your message O just wonder when Fritz Hansen will drag their sorry ass through the courts again. on a slightly different note this extract is from correspondance with a supplier in China who approached me to sell their copies and his response to my legal issues questions! Hi Murphy As this is a copy product how do you/ I stand legally if Fritz Hansen lawyers sue us for breach of copy right? I look forward to your reply. Simon Dear simon Yes, they are replicas. As you are in UK, so you don?t have any problem to sell those replicas, of course you must let your customer know they are not original. In UK, design is a kind of intelligent property right which being protected for 25 years, after that they are public domain, unlike most of countries in Europe they protect the copyright of design for 75 years. So it is legal to sell reproduction in UK, that is the reason why so many companies are selling those reproduction in uk at present. At the same time, UK is the only country in Europe who can sell those reproductiona to other countries in Europe for private use, because you are the member of European union, so it is a big market. Maybe you can talk to your lawyer to confirm that Furniture Sourcing Corporation A company you can trust from Asia I LOVE THIS TAG LINE!! associated web images (optional) associated web link (optional) your email your password create a forums account \| you forgot your password?


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