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Knife-wielding turtles and the future of watches in America.
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I was recently on the 40 and 20 podcast to talk about the Hamilton v. Vortic case which I’ve previously written about in our weekly newsletter.
Read MoreVortic Watches, including co-founder RT Custer (right) | Vortic Watches
It’s been a long two-plus years for Vortic Watches since Hamilton filed a trademark infringement and counterfeiting lawsuit against it back in July of 2017 (see the original complaint here). But, the suit finally comes to a head this week as a bench (i.e. non-jury trial) is set to begin in the Southern District of New York on February 19 (Hamilton International Ltd. v. Vortic LLC, 17-CV-5575).
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