Comments on: Moving forward…

By: j.

j. — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:44:34 +0000

Well, we have this (PDF) – service by FedEx, stated to be in compliance with the Hague Convention. I don’t know how FRCP works, but some court rules do allow for service bypassing the central authority even if the country of the recipient is a party to the Convention…

No motions by Noro at all (or by the foreign defendants in the Bliss action). The time limit for service, I think, is 120 days.

By: Annie

Annie — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:48:37 +0000

I’m a little late to the party here, but would sure like to see the Proof of Service for Noro. Proper service in Japan is done in accordance with the Hague Service Convention,(Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extra-judicial Documents in Civil and Commercial Matters) and can take 6 to 8 weeks for service, and another 4-6 weeks to get the proof back from the foreign officials. If the suit was filed on 10-8, and proofs of service for all defendants filed on 10-21, the plaintiff probably didn’t serve through the Convention, although maybe that is in the works. Has Noro filed a Motion to Dismiss based on improper service?

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:07:18 +0000

Did you see that Fair Isle Knitting is being re-published by Dover Publications? It comes out this summer. Starmore must be having a conniption (sp?) fit!

By: j.

j. — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:43:33 +0000

Okay (but this lawsuit has been going on for far less than a year!)…

The Knit With, a yarn shop in PA, is suing (in two separate lawsuits:

1. Debbie Bliss, Designer Yarns, Knitting Fever, a number of Knitting Fever-affiliated people, and an Italian middleman (company); and

2. Noro, Knitting Fever, and a number of Knitting Fever-affiliated people,

over the alleged lack of cashmere in certain yarns.

The defendants have not yet filed a defense in the action; they have been trying to get various parts of the complaints dismissed.

If you just want to read about the basis of the dispute, read the complaints, and read the defenses when they are finally filed — those will set out the parties’ positions about the actual dispute. This is why I suggest reading the memoranda (the reasons for the order), because the judge does summarize all the allegations before dealing with the legal issues.

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:41:55 +0000

Okay, I’ve been reading this blog for almost a year now, clicked on a zillion links trying to understand the different documents…and I’m still lost!

Can you summarize in a sentence…or two, who is suing whom and why? I realize many details will be left out, but I just need to know where I’m starting from so I can build on it as I try to decipher all the docs.