Action
of artists against companies which are selling unauthorized copies. 7
ARTIST ARE GETTING UNITED: Legal
actions in the Germany : In Nov. raid in company in Frankfurt,
Marco-Domo, Herr Rackwitz, Germany Marco Domo, Mr. Rackwitz is selling 32 different designs of our
ORIGINALS. Nov. 2004 Jane Dedecker We take present action in court against Company Packmor in
Gronau,Germany March 2005 raid in company in Gronau, Germany Claim against Company Bulstar, Mr. Buls in Turnhout, Belgium still
in progress Jane Dedecker Merchandise comes from Foundry Siam Handicraft, Bangkok, Thailand July of 2003 Settlement with Company Henri Studio in Chicago, Illinois, USA from that settlement we
received: -Names of foundries & other distributors: A Day in the Woods January of 2004 Settlement with company Randolf Rose in New York, USA Who's Watching Who December of 2004 Settlement with company Kingstone Wholesale in Los Angeles, CA, was
reached, Touch the Sky Late September -Names of foundry : Siam Handicraft and Kinnaree foundry in
Bangkok, Thailand -We received all of their catalogs that had these images for sale. -We received one knockoff sculpture of Keeping the Ball Rolling. -Monetary awards Feb. 2005 settlement with company in Loveland, CO. from the settlement we received: -The sculpture being offered for sale - company agreed not to sell anymore: -A World to Teach -Monetary awards Gary
Lee Price legal actions in the USA: Since 2003 Present law sue in New York, against company Randolf Rose in New
York. Impala
Lechner legal actions in the USA and Germany: Feb. 2002 Settlement with Company Marco Domo, Herr Rackwitz in Frankfurt,
Germany -omission contract, -company agreed not to sell: 3 Geese/Ducks in Reed -admitted my ownership of the copyright -Names of foundry: Siam Handicraft in Bangkok, Thailand -monetary awards. Since July 2003 Went to court with US company Henri Studio in Chicago, Illinois and
German company in Frankfurt. With company Marco Domo, Herr Rackwitz from Frankfurt, Germany
still at court in New York, USA The New York court did not accept their �motion to dismiss� in
March 2005 , company Marco Domo, Herr Rackwitz will stay in court with me. Since July 2003 Raid at foundry Siam Handicraft in Bangkok, Thailand -many sculptures in question were found -until today the case it at the highest court in Bangkok Since July 2003 Raid at company Firma
Bulstar, Herr Buls
in Turnhout, Belgium -5 sculptures in question were found -presently negotiations to settle the conflict Foundry: Bangkok, Thailand Sept. 2003 Settlement through court with Company Packmor in Gronau, Germany In that settlement we received: -admitted my ownership of the copyright -company agreed not to sell: 3 Geese/Ducks in Reed -Names of foundry: Siam Handicraft ,Bangkok, Thailand -monetary awards. Jan.2005 Settlement through court with Company in Chicago, Illinois, USA In that settlement we received: -company agreed not to sell: "Three
Ducks/Geese in Reed"
# B-367 "Five
Ducks/Geese in Reed "
# B-672 "small
Ducks/Geese in Reed " #
B-686 the
settlement will be soon documented in the USA District Court for the
Southern District of New York: www.uscourts.paver.gov -Names of foundry: Siam Handicraft ,Bangkok, Thailand -monetary awards. Jan, 2005 Settlement with Company Thermobras in Belgium In that settlement we received: -Name of foundry: Hongkong, China -omission contract, -admitted my ownership of the copyright -company agreed not to sell: 3 Geese/Ducks in Reed -monetary awards. The foundry in Bangkok, Thailand is in all case the same! ALL THE COMPANIES listed above either have been
taken to court or have legal action pending against them. Even when the
artists have won their cases against these companies some continue to
sell knock offs and ignore the courts ruling. |