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Kazimon 3T WIS 
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Hi all, this morning i got a letter from the lawyers of LVM (Louis Vuitton) and "KENZO Societe Anonyme". They will file a lawsuit if i dont agree to pay there lawyer etc. I first canceled my domain. So it will be not anymore online. You can use this site "http://www.die24.de" until i have set up a new domain. I was close to announce the Nautilus2. Now to avoid any problems i need to produce a new dial and caseback. Please be patient. |
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hucky 3T WIS 
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Well that just sucks! Sorry the world is such a touchy place. Slow times, the lawyers probably just sit and google things all day looking for people to sue, to keep theyre jobs. Do you have to change your Username too?  |
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oagaspar Site Founder 
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Sorry to hear Kazim!.....especially since it is delaying the Naut II and taking $ from your pocket....how petty can a Huge company be ...I never heard of any other Kenzo until I met you Kazim....that's the last time I buy my daughter a LV purse! :D |
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Kazimon 3T WIS
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kenzo is my real name and the other company never made a watch with this name. but who cares..... its all about money......they have more than i to go to court. if i could afford it i would fight it.... thanks all for your mental support! :) |
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Skipdawg 3T WIS 
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Kazim sorry to hear about this. Sadly it dose happen from time to time. :( You have another fan here though my friend. So just take the time and all the best to the project. Hope all goes smoothly with the transition. ;) |
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DEMO Guest
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Kazim, that REALLY does suck!!!!! All your hard work and not to mention all the $$$ involved in scrapping the dials and case backs. Having to make all new can't be cheap. We are behind you 100% and when the Nautilus II does finally arrive you will have my support, if it is anything like the first Nautilus it will be a real winner. LVM (Louis Vuitton) is probably just jealous that they could never come close to producing a watch as good as yours! |
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Willieboy 3T WIS 
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That's really too bad. I wonder if it might be cheaper to pay a royalty on the watches with the offensive dials and cases than to have to trash them and start over. |
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Zarith 3T WIS 
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I was expecting this. Kenzo is really famous here in Europe. Perfume, Fashion, Accessories... it's just everywhere. Good luck on building a new brand identity hand6.gif |
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Kazimon 3T WIS
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thanks to all. kenzo has protected there name. thats fine. but first of all they dont produce any watches. also i never named my watches kenzo. if i had enough money, realy i would not give up. my guess is, that i can win with a good lawyer. i will get a new name for my watches. but still they are designed by Kazim Kenzo! :) |
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hucky 3T WIS
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Is there a way around it? By setting up an Address here in the USA The picking on the little guy, really has me disturbed. I bet you that they have copied a thousand other peoples products and have stolen many ideas from others! Bastads..... Ill Be Back |
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Kazimon 3T WIS
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i just googled and find a lawsuit which they make against a company in italy, which is called "enzo" (not our enzo). they said it sound to close to kenzo. but they lost that lawsuit. i can name my watches XXX designed by Kazim Kenzo....... but you can imagine how much space that needs on the dial....... i think i need to move to United States..... i would do it tomorrow if i could get a greencard...... first i have to close this issue .... i let you all know |
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Zarith 3T WIS
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Kazim, moving to USA won't solve the problem. Kenzo will hunt you everywhere. It's true that Kenzo has not released watches yet, but I'm sure they plan to do it. All the fashion brand are doing it (Hugo Boss, Calvin Klein, DG, Armani, etc...). It's a good business. If I can give you an advice: just don't lose your time with this. It's a battle not worth fighting... Why don't you use "Kazim" instead? It sounds great! ;) Good luck! |
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the2ster 3T WIS 
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a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.(shakespeare) .changing the name will not change the quality of watch you make..continued success to you. |
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JDBuckwell 3T WIS 
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Since I do this on a regular basis for work, I checked on the status of the Kenzo Trademark via USPTO. Unfortunately, my findings are that Kenzo Takada, in concert with Jungle Jap, Paris France, possess a live US Trademark under "Class 14", which covers clocks, watches, and all associated parts thereof. They have a documented "first date of use" dated at November 1973. Sorry my friend.:( |
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Kazimon 3T WIS
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Kenzo Takada is the fashion designer who introduce the fashion brand name K:::::. He sold it to the LVMH company. As you can see his first name is K::::: not like me, my last name is Kenzo. Later he tried to register his full name, this was denied because LVMH protested. Sure K::::: is registered for "Classes 14" which includes , juweliery and watches etc. this classes are widly definied. so there is not a class only for watches. as they did not use it for watches i thought there is no problem. also i never named my watches like my last name. you can see i did not printed on case or dial. my only mistake was using it on my website domain..... and used my last name on the header of my old website. nevertheless i now look in the future. pay for my mistakes to be naive. thanks to all for your support. |
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hucky 3T WIS
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Kenzo How about a Suggestion Contest for the new name of your company? Everybody can suggest names for you and you could choose or at least help narrow it down for you. Lets Playyourock.gif |
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oagaspar Site Founder
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hucky wrote: if you haven't noticed the new name is Kazimon Watch Co.hand6.gif Kenzo |
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hucky 3T WIS
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Oh yahmon now I see hand6.gif and a username change too. Last edited on Sat Aug 30th, 2008 07:08 pm by hucky |
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bluther2 3T WIS 
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I think naming the new watch F**KLV would be amusing, but then the FCUK people would be on you:X Terrible when you can't allow a person to use their own name. |
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zippofan 3T WIS 
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Best of luck to you! Cheers, Griff |
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