Omega vs Costco in graymarket war

Interesting article!

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091224/0041137498.shtml

I know.....
https://xtrememeantime.forumotion.com/general-watch-discussion-f4/us-supreme-court-may-take-up-gray-market-issue-t2792.htm

DOH!

the whole case hinges on that small engraving be a copyrighted item. It will not fly in the US.

The part of this that pisses me off:

"Yes, it put a tiny, barely noticeable engraving on the watch, claimed
copyright over that design and is using that copyright claim to try to
keep certain watches from being resold in the US. In this specific
case, it was a set of Omega watches that were legally sold in Europe
(where Omega sells its watches at a much lower price than in the US)."

Maybe if they leveled the playing field, and sold them for the same price (aside from whatever slight increase would be appropriate for shipping/customs), there would be no need for a gray market....

25or6to4 wrote:

The part of this that pisses me off:

"Yes, it put a tiny, barely noticeable engraving on the watch, claimed
copyright over that design and is using that copyright claim to try to
keep certain watches from being resold in the US. In this specific
case, it was a set of Omega watches that were legally sold in Europe
(where Omega sells its watches at a much lower price than in the US)."

Maybe if they leveled the playing field, and sold them for the same price (aside from whatever slight increase would be appropriate for shipping/customs), there would be no need for a gray market....

they could always ask Eyal or Minkster to make a similar quartz version.