Sporran Makers Lend Me Your Ear

[Sciuropterus]

Ron, if you are requesting someone make a copy of my copyrighted sporran design, that is not cool. Please look under the photo on the SWK web store for the copyright declaration. Our copyright applies to the design, not the material used.

I am aware that SWK has been an ongoing source of disappointment to you, you may be interested to know we have at least 3 new versions of our cargo sporran that will be released this year. I would have gladly sold you one of our prototype leather ones had you only asked politely.

Jerry V
SWK

[Riverkilt]

That answers that question loud and clear - thanks Jerry.

There was no malice - hence the (?) about the patent which would also include other stuff like copyrights.

Sadly, I don't recall the leather prototypes, but if I had probably would have passed back then because I wasn't yet ADDICTED to your design.

Glad to hear more are coming out. Since you hold the rights to the design I hope you have found, or do find, a leather maker...its just my olde geezer opinion, but I think you'd sell a bunch...as mentioned, a brown and a black to me. And if a brown nylon emerges one of those too.

Again, no malice intended....just an olde geezer trying to get what he wants - legally...

So, stand down other folks, this one's up to Jerry.

Ron

[Chef]

Ron, if you are requesting someone make a copy of my copyrighted sporran design, that is not cool. Please look under the photo on the SWK web store for the copyright declaration. Our copyright applies to the design, not the material used.
Jerry V
SWK

Jerry, first I love the new sporrans. I think they are a great idea.

However, I don't think Ron was suggesting that someone copy your sporran, just that someone make a leather sporran with zippers. The use of zippers wouldn't infringe on your copyright as long as they didn't try to specifically copy the Stillwater style.

[MrAcheson]

The use of zippers wouldn't infringe on your copyright as long as they didn't try to specifically copy the Stillwater style.

Yup. According to the US Copyright Office, copyright protects recorded artistic works of many kinds. It does not designs, ideas, devices, or objects. However, the Stillwater trademark will prevent anyone from making an exact (or nearly exact) copy of the Nightstalker or from anyone else calling their cargo sporran "the Nightstalker."