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Feb 19, 2020Liked by Tony Traina

May David prevail in this completely unnecessary David v Goliath battle. Here's hoping the Court understands and applies the laws appropriately.

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Feb 19, 2020Liked by Tony Traina

I offer to wear my Vortic ILLINOIS 60 hr motor barrel 21j Railroad watch to court grinning as a confused consumer. ILLINOIS marks were bought by Hamilton from the Bunn family who owned them in 1927. I was born 15 years later and bought my watch in 2018 some 75 years after that. I’m confused by the upstart Swatch Group claim about me and Hamilton and their company that has never made a pocket watch.

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Feb 19, 2020Liked by Tony Traina

Actually, the Illinois name was claimed by a watchmaker in ...Illinois ...when Swatch let the trademark expire.

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Swatch Group (prev SIHH/SMH & ASUAG) has been around in some form or another since 1930 when Omega and Tissot formed SMH. Calling them an upstart is pretty funny.

Not that Hamilton is correct in their actions, but lawyers are gonna do what lawyers are gonna do.

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🙏🙏🙏

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