The Seattle Times 3 Day Exclusive “Series” starting on Sunday August 6th. 2006 “Chihuly, Inc.” has exposed interesting information that should include follow-up discussions on this GAS forum. The Seattle Times also provides PDF files of the actual court filing on both sides for you to view…

For those who haven’t seen the Seattle Times articles. Here is the link that will provide you with the entire 3 day and 9 page series of the articles, Lawsuit documents in PDF formats and sub-links. Go To: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/local/chihuly/ to go to the 3-day series and downloadable PDF’s.

SEATTLE TIMES - Titles of the “Exclusive” 3 Day Series Include:

PART 1: BUILDING AN EMPIRE
“Inside the Glass Empire”
What Do You Get When You Buy a Chihuly?
Fax to a glassblower. “Here’s a little sketch but make whatever you want”

PART 2: BENIFITING FROM CHARITY WORK
“Chihuly Benefits from His Own Philanthropy”
Taking a closer look at the artist’s affiliation with charities.
KCTS discusses its relationship with Chihuly.

PART 3: DEFENDING HIS TERRITORY
“Chihuly Turns Up Heat on Competing Artists”
“Billy” O’Neill: Dale Chihuly’s Right-Hand Man.
Arkansas artist responds to Chihuly complaint that he’s making “replicas”.
Six-page confidentiality agreement required of Chihuly employees.

LAWSUIT DOCUMENTS [PDF’s]
Copyright – Infringement Suit
Robert Kaindl’s Counterclaim
Bryan Rubino’s Counterclaim
Chihuly wants to Seal Suit
Kaindl, Rubino argues against it

Again the Seattle Times 3-Day Series link is: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/local/chihuly/

As users of this Forum… What do you think of this Art Lawsuit?