jkingston
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The Statements in the article are factual and true
Yes, Lettres du Brassus is the Blancpain magazine. However, the statements about copying and imitation in the article are factual. I have personally laid transparencies of a rival brand's chronograph over the design of the 1185. It matched--as the article said "part for part" in the critical areas. This was not a case of close similarity--it was a case of striking similarity. As a copyright lawyer, drawing on 30 years of intellectual property law experience, I can say that the law would draw a firm presumption of copying with similarity this striking. Other brands have also admitted to careful study of the Blancpain design.
In the other case mentioned, involving the split second isolator, the brand's technical director admitted that he was "inspired" by the Blancpain design. The words are his not mine.
Jeff
Letters from le Brassus & the 1185 calibre
keep in mind that the magazine is bought and paid for by Blancpain
Could they be suggesting, for example....
Interesting to provoke a little debate read the responses to this,
it happens all the time
