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Tsk Tsk, Tiffany & Co.

Starfacet

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:-o
 

LemonMoonLex

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Either I'm very tired which is a possibility as its 1am here, or I'm missing something. Can someone care to explain what Tiffany did? I Just see a plain old ad.
 

Garry H (Cut Nut)

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Either I'm very tired which is a possibility as its 1am here, or I'm missing something. Can someone care to explain what Tiffany did? I Just see a plain old ad.
One of our premium vendors top of the line diamonds are called A Cut Above and it is trademarked
 

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Wasn’t there a law suit between Tiffany and Costco because they were using the term Tiffany setting, rather than Tiffany style setting?
 

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Oh my, I smell a cease and desist order or, are Tiffany and Whiteflash collaborating? Probably not.
 

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ACA is well-established and not hard to find so this is surprising. If there's a silver lining it's a tip of the hat from T&Co marketing brains (hopefully unintentional) who chose the expression. But it's not theirs to use. I'm sure WF team are aware and will act appropriately.
 

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We will be looking into it. Technically our trademark is A CUT ABOVE®

However, there is sufficient confusion created here, particularly because the pitch is focused on diamonds of elite cut quality, that it may be a legally enforceable infringement on our trademark.
 

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We will be looking into it. Technically our trademark is A CUT ABOVE®

However, there is sufficient confusion created here, particularly because the pitch is focused on diamonds of elite cut quality, that it may be a legally enforceable infringement on our trademark.

I hope it is legally enforceable, because this is dumb on Tiffany's part.
 

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A quick google search turned up one from March 5th.


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I see my iPhone rotated the closeup.

“A Cut Above”
 

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WOW. Tiffany must be hurting since consumers don't want to pay for their diamonds when they aren't cut as well as WF, CBI, and other super ideals. It PAINS me when I see people paying two times the cost to have a mediocre tiffany diamond.
 

Garry H (Cut Nut)

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The point about a trademark is the onus of legal liability falls on the user to prove their case. WF are in a very strong position.
The Costco Tiffany ring case was fa more complex - it is a bit like the old stoush when people used the term 'biro' asa generic term for ball point pen. The BIC biro was invented and protected by Count Biro.
 

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no - open the link - its just text based, not image

Haha, the reason I asked if the all caps make a difference is because I did open it and read the following, but didn't understand what it meant.

Mark Literal Elements:
A CUT ABOVE
Standard Character Claim:
Yes. The mark consists of standard characters without claim to any particular font style, size, or color.
Mark Drawing Type:
4 - STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
 

WillyDiamond

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Let’s not jump to conclusions here.
If this is a trademark infringement, I am sure Tiffany will cease using it.
 
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