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THURSDAY, 8 OCTOBER 2009
Never mind the quality, it's quantity that counts
At the heart of a design rip-off dispute in Canada is the sweater worn by the woman in the centre of the picture above, according to this item on CBC News. According to member of Vancouver Island's Cowichan First Nation, it submitted a bid to knit its traditional Cowichan sweaters for Canada's Olympic uniforms but the Hudson's Bay Company decided to make its own. Say the Cowichans, Hudson Bay's version of the sweater embodies the elk and a maple leaf but lacks authenticity.

Particularly galling is the fact that Vancouver's Olympic Committee has threatened legal action against businesses that use the Olympic logo or even use the word 'Olympic' but apparently made no effort to accommodate the creators of the Cowichan design."

Hudson's Bay has defended its decision and maintains that the big issue was obtaining a sufficient supply.
Posted by: Blog Administrator @ 12.40
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