Bitch Please… FAKE Iron Heart?

[Kasi]

@Giles

I was Instagram got a message.

Come across someone from Hong Kong

Bloody fakes.

So I thought let’s play game

I said show me some pictures

I said how much.

£100 very cheap.

I make some bullshit up.
Iron Heart has expanded to China

T-shirt are fake too

Last message left it

Person who sells fake

[Alex]

Thanks, Kasi

[Alex]

Doesnt normally bother me when other brands drop similar-looking colourways to us, but this is too close to our anny release for my liking

[tody]

@Alex Is that the UES shirt?

[Alex]

Yep

[DeeDee85]

@Alex thought exactly the same when I saw it yesterday

[chucklando]

I saw that shirt in an email update from Withered Fig. Thought the same thing, not cool that it’s nearly the same pattern

[tody]

A quick legal insight: the colour and pattern of a garment can, even if not registered, be protected as an 'unregistered community design' in the EU. Protection is 3 years from the date on which the design was first made available to the public. Obviously, I haven't got a clue if there are comparable laws in Japan.
Not suggesting anything, but there are companies out there suing each other for exactly this kind of shitty behaviour!

[Oaktavia]

@Alex said in Bitch Please… FAKE Iron Heart?:

too close to our nanny release for my liking

But the anny UHF looks eons better than this shitty imitation.

[Kasi]

bloody sue them

[october rust]

Idk, seems kind of shitty of Withered Fig to simultaneously sell that while collaborating with IH

[EdH]

I had to do a double take, but there are a number of distinguishing features in the shirt itself (single yoke, button flaps, pocket shapes, buttons not snaps) and in the colours used in the sax pattern (the UES one has no red or grey) when you look closely. Would require experienced IP counsel (which I am not) to advise on this one if IH was minded to make a big deal of it.

[ARNC]

Again, this is at the periphery of what I do, but enforcing unregistered rights can be hard work. Even if IH won, I wonder if there would be any worthwhile remedies as the anny shirt has been and gone. It could be different if we were looking at a continuous production item. As it is, is there any real damage apart from @Alex being somewhat narked (important but maybe not worth the hassle/expense of going to war)?

[Alex]

Thanks, guys. At this point, the biggest deal I will make about it is bitching about it here

[Matt]

We’re here to listen friend. Not really but saying that a lot has kept me married for 16 years so I figured it would work here too.

Also, the original design is from a long time ago so that 3 year statute probably would have expired.

Let’s just say imitation is the highest form of flattery.

[Tom Longarms]

Sorry if that has been done before and I’m not aware it’s a thing, but have you guys seen indigofera over dyed flannel that came out the other day? I instantly thought of IH one coming in the future.

[Alex]

IF did this several years ago too - can't blame them for doing it again, and was not inspired by our announcement!

[Oaktavia]

[darbycrash]

i think this is a fake. i noticed the top zipper doesn't have the leather pull strip and the draw strings on the bottom dont look right. neither do the sleeve cuffs in the photos where they are turned inside out. ships from japan, link to the listing below. there are several identical listings from different sellers too.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/296002908606

[tody]

I am pretty sure this is legit. There are quite a few sellers in Japan reselling the stuff on eBay. If I'm not mistaken, the pictures are taken straight off the IH Japan site: https://ironheart.shop-pro.jp/?pid=174961131