CHIHULY vs. KAINDL

LAWSUIT 100% SETTLED  DEC. 2006

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Art Glass Copyright Lawsuit

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SEATTLE TIMES – CHIHULY INC.

“Exclusive” In Depth 3-Day 11-Page Series (August 6^th – 8^th 2006) http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/local/chihuly/

PART 1: BUILDING AN EMPIRE
“Inside the Glass Empire” http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/chihulyinc/2003178395_chihuly06.html
What Do You Get When You Buy a Chihuly?  http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/chihulyinc/2003176452_chihulyquotes06.html
Fax to a glassblower. “Here’s a little sketch but make whatever you want”  http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/local/links/chihuly/chihulydrawing.pdf

PART 2: BENEFITING FROM CHARITY WORK
“Chihuly Benefits from His Own Philanthropy”  http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/chihulyinc/2003178405_chihuly07.html
Taking a closer look at the artist’s affiliation with charities.  http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/chihulyinc/2003178604_chihulykcts07.html
KCTS discusses its relationship with Chihuly.  http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/local/links/chihuly/kcts.pdf

PART 3: DEFENDING HIS TERRITORY
“Chihuly Turns Up Heat on Competing Artists” http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/chihulyinc/2003182065_chihuly08.html
“Billy” O’Neill: Dale Chihuly’s Right-Hand Man.  http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/chihulyinc/2003182064_chihulyoneill08.html
Arkansas artist responds to Chihuly complaint that he’s making “replicas”.  http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/local/links/chihuly/2000letter.pdf
Six-page confidentiality agreement required of Chihuly employees.  http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/local/links/chihuly/chihulyconfidentialityagreement.pdf

LAWSUIT DOCUMENTS [PDF’s]
Copyright – Infringement Suit by Chihuly Inc., Portland Press. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/local/links/chihuly/chihulyvkaindlrubino.pdf
Robert Kaindl’s Counterclaim  http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/local/links/chihuly/kaindlcounteclaim.pdf
Additional Counterclaims  http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/local/links/chihuly/rubinocounterclaim.pdf
Chihuly wants to Seal Suit  http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/local/links/chihuly/protect_yes.pdf
Kaindl argues against it  http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/local/links/chihuly/protect_no.pdf


MORE ARTICLES:

SEATTLE TIMES - Glassblower challenges integrity of Chihuly Art (May 6^th, 2006)  http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002975737_chihuly6m.html

 

The STRANGER – Dale Chihuly makes his own weather Although Doesn’t make his own glass.  (February 16^th, 2006)   http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=30786

 

The STRANGER – Oh No She Didn’t - CHIHULY GLASS why can't we talk about how this was made?  (April 20^th, 2006) http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=31794

 

The STRANGER – Stop Worrying and love the Factory (April 18^th 2006) http://www.thestranger.com/blog/2006/04/stop_worrying_and_love_th.php

 

St. PETERSBURG TIMES - Glass Warfare (June 11^th, 2006) http://www.sptimes.com/2006/06/11/Floridian/Glass_warfare.shtml

 

ATLANTA JOURNAL - Glass artists throw stones over ownership of ideas - Chihuly, Kaindl ask courts to weigh in, with far-reaching implications  (July 14^th, 2006) http://www.accessatlanta.com/arts/content/arts/stories/0714Lvchihuly.html