The million dollars question now is : "will Dave Simmons back to electronic drums business"? or the GC war was only a matter of pride?
--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "mikkmuzik" <mikkmuzik@...> wrote:
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> Good news '''Get rid of the chinese Sh#te'''
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> --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, Jacquot.Patrice@ wrote:
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> > Dave won back his rights in Europe but well ....what about US now ...
> > Therefore It might be a new basis for him actually.
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> > Wait & see.
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> > ----- Mail d'origine -----
> > De: Rob Mayo <rob.mayo@>
> > Ã: Simmons Drums <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>
> > Envoyé: Sun, 17 Mar 2013 19:47:28 +0100 (CET)
> > Objet: Re: [Simmons Drums] Dave regained the rights to the Simmons name ??
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> > This ruling is from 2011 but as at March 2013, GC are still manufacturing drums under the Simmons brand - http://www.simmonsdrums.net . What's the story there thus?
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> > --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, Chris Wareham <chris@> wrote:
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> > > Brilliant news if Dave Simmons has the rights back. If so, it would be great if he could do something similar to Tom Oberheim and launch some modern versions of instruments such as the SDS V.
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> > > VinceL <legravin@> wrote:
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> > > >While I am not a lawyer, I do have some experience with business law.
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> > > >I have spent the past hour reviewing these 2 documents. It would appear
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> > > >that there was a ruling against Guitar Center for their bad faith use of the
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> > > >Simmons name on electronic drumkits with 3,000 GBP to be awarded to Dave
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> > > >Simmons. Guitar Center filed an appeal which was shot down, and the payment
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> > > >to Dave Simmons was increased to 4,500 GBP.
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> > > >So, it does appear that Dave has the rights to Simmons once again.
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> > > >From: philmurr
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> > > >Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2013 5:57 PM
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> > > >To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
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> > > >Subject: [Simmons Drums] Dave regained the rights to the Simmons name ??
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> > > >Hi all - I came across the following documents on the Intellectual Property
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> > > >http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/tm/t-os/t-find/t-challenge-decision-results/o45911.pdf
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> > > >http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/tm/t-os/t-find/t-challenge-decision-results/o46812.pdf
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> > > >Reading through the legal jargon (that I don't understand !), does this
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> > > >mean Dave Simmons has regained the rights to the Simmons name from Guitar
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> > > >Centre ?
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> > > >If so, :-)
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