Ovington Laser

Totally agree , Jim 

What happens if WS recognise TLC? They have respected sailing people in their organisation.

Edited by 423zero - 10 Oct 20 at 3:30pm

Originally posted by A2Z You could certainly start a legitimate class that included Laser dinghies, but you probably couldn’t call it a Laser class.

Of course I could. So could you. I'd have to be careful not to infringe on the Laser Trademark, but that's not very hard if you aren't trading. The rights that come with a Trademark are powerful, but very limited, as Banksy recently found out when he tried to abuse the trademark system.

I could apply to World Sailing for recognition too, nothing stops me doing that either. Getting World Sailing to actually recognise my association might be harder, because when LP tried the fake Class Association game with the Sunfish WS made it quite clear they weren't going to recognise two associations for the same class.



Edited by JimC - 10 Oct 20 at 3:27pm

Originally posted by JimC Originally posted by A2Z Originally posted by JimC Originally posted by A2Z .  So which one is the real Laser class? The one registered with World Sailing. Why?  For sure it’s a real class, it is the real ILCA class.  But not the only real Laser class. TLC is just as much a real class for a type of boat known as Laser.  Which isn’t to say I think it (TLC) has a great future, but it is a legitimate (Laser) class. I can start a Laser class too, but I wouldn't say that makes it legitimate. As (then) recent past president of the UK Cherub class maybe I should have started a new CA when the majority of the committee and the class membership decided to make some rule changes I didn't like. TLCs builder isn't allowed to sell boats with the Laser sail logo or branding in a significant chunk of the world either. All parties have sure created chaos between them.