Let's look at this - "“Let’s take for instance Bahamian straw bags. Now let’s think of designer straw bags, which sell for hundreds of dollars. Imagine if a designer from Kate Spade came to the Bahamas for vacation, and while visiting the Straw Market stumbled across a unique plait, buys that bag and figures out a way to mimic it for their production,” the Minister said. "
This would be terrible. But it is OK for vendors in the straw market to sell knock offs of everything and not pay the originator.
Jackalope says...
Let's look at this - "“Let’s take for instance Bahamian straw bags. Now let’s think of designer straw bags, which sell for hundreds of dollars. Imagine if a designer from Kate Spade came to the Bahamas for vacation, and while visiting the Straw Market stumbled across a unique plait, buys that bag and figures out a way to mimic it for their production,” the Minister said. "
This would be terrible. But it is OK for vendors in the straw market to sell knock offs of everything and not pay the originator.
On Bahamas' IP regime to be 'trailblazer'
Posted 26 June 2013, 8:20 a.m. Suggest removal