Is there any news on these lawsuits... Shopseating & Hightech seating have added their Barcelona lines again as seen here:
http://www.hightechseating.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=797
http://www.shopseating.com/Barcelona_Daybed_by_Mies_van_der_Rohe_p/eei-155.htm
The "Availability: In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come first served. " makes me think they just got some big news?
I know both of these companies were sued by Knoll around September of 2009 and had stopped selling the copies.
Is the market going to be flooded now by knock-offs or are these a couple of fly by night vigilantes?
Recent news in Alphaville v. Knoll
http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/california/candce/3...
It means that Knoll and...
It means that Knoll and Alphaville expect to settle out of court the suit that Alphaville brought against Knoll. If it's true that retailers who stopped advertising their Barcelona knockoffs are starting to advertise those pieces again, perhaps that means that the terms of the settlement are favorable to Alphaville... Although that seems improbable.
Knoll's suit against Alphaville is still unresolved, though. Maybe they'll settle that one, too, or maybe they'll continue with the trial.
Meanwhile, Knoll's suits against Sexy Furnishings, Hightech Seating, All-World Furniture, etc., etc., are still active.
The settlement
Knoll, Inc. and Alphaville Design, Inc. Resolve Trademark Dispute Relating to Mies van der Rohe Furniture
March 31, 2010
EAST GREENVILLE, PA, March 31 ? Knoll, Inc. (NYSE: KNL) and Alphaville Design, Inc. announced today that they have settled their dispute relating to Knoll's registered "BARCELONA®" trademark (U.S. Trademark Registration No. 772,313), and its trademarks relating to the Barcelona Chair (U.S. Trademark Registration No. 2,893,025), Barcelona Stool (U.S. Trademark No. 2,894,977), Barcelona Couch (U.S. Trademark No. 2,894,980), Barcelona Table (U.S. Trademark No. 2,894,979), and Flat Brno Chair (U.S. Trademark No. 2,894,978). Knoll had alleged that certain products sold by Alphaville Design infringed the Knoll trademarks, while Alphaville Design claimed that the trademarks were invalid. To resolve the dispute, Alphaville Design, Inc. and its owners, David and Peggy Lee, acknowledged the validity of, and Knoll's rights to, the above-referenced trademarks, and in return Knoll granted them the right to sell similar products for a limited period of time. In connection with the settlement, the parties have agreed to dismiss the lawsuit currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
http://www.knoll.com/news/prstory.jsp?story_id=6055&type=Press%20Release...
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