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Canada
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OTTAWA — Quote:The Royal Canadian Mint is suing its Australian counterpart over the way it prints red poppies on its commemorative Remembrance Day coins. Documents filed in Australia's Federal Court in December allege The Royal Australian Mint used without permission a printing method patented by the Canadian mint — which is now demanding that Australia's 500,000 commemorative $2 coins, in circulation since 2012, either be turned over to them or "destroy(ed) under supervision." "It has become necessary for us to institute infringement proceedings to protect and preserve our intellectual property rights," Canadian mint spokesman Alex Reeves said in a statement to the National Post Wednesday. .... more from here: http://nationalpost.com/news/canada...-red-poppies***** What Cdn specific patent is being referred to is a little confusing because of the photo of the 2015 quarter in the article. It seems it might be the other design which first appeared on Cdn quarters beginning in 2004, then 2008, 2010.... |
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In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Germany
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Good luck trying to get back these $2 coins from collectors around the world  Edited by redlock
01/19/2018 04:42 am
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Australia
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That's business for you.
Ho hum.
Fortunately for me, I don't collect modern mint product,
except for what I pull out of circulation at face value.
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Why don't they sue China for making counterfeits? Demand all of them be turned over to Canada!
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Fortunately for me, I don't collect modern mint product,
except for what I pull out of circulation at face value. According to the article, RCM demands that Australia retrieve and turn over all the circulated $2 from 2012. Keep an eye out for any of them and do the right thing! |
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Australia
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I am NOT giving my R.A.M. coins to anybody !
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United States
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Quote:According to the article, RCM demands that Australia retrieve and turn over all the circulated $2 from 2012. Yeah, right. That is never going to happen. What about later $2 coins that appear to have the same type of coloring?  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
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In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Canada
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Well, time to start hoarding hahaha.
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Canada
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I dunno why but I find this hysterical. Someone call the Queen to make the children stop fighting.
In a more serious response the RAM will likely have to pay a royalty, confiscating and destroying every last coin just isn't going to happen
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Australia
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You never know, the RAM might find a way of successfully defending the case. The lawyers win again.  Since the taxpayers are the stakeholders in the mints of their respective countries, they are who will pay in the end. Edited by sel_69l
01/21/2018 12:45 am
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I dunno why but I find this hysterical. Someone call the Queen to make the children stop fighting.  |
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Canada
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By allowing the offending coin to be minted with her effigy on the front, is the Queen also liable for the copyright infringement?...
(Not a serious question, but it does bother me that her official image is on every weird gimmicky coin of the realm.)
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...it does bother me that her official image is on every weird gimmicky coin of the realm. Her Majesty's collection must be the dog's bollocks.  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
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Posted 01/19/2018 04:41 am
