bikewhorder wrote:
Let me first state: I am not an intellectual properties attorney... However I sure have spent a lot of money on them over the years!
Yes, the Cook Bros. did a frame similar to a early Schwinn Cruiser, no doubt about that! Yes the Cook Bros. made decals that wings what were "kind of" like the older Schwinn decals... but not really. The geometry of the frame was completely different as well as the loop tail rear end, and most importantly the uncrushable rear brake bridge. Anyone with any mechanical or bicycle knowledge would agree that the Schwinn and the Cook Bros. cruiser frames are in no way "deceptively similar". Now over the years I had several people produce 3 bar cruisers that look a lot like Cook Bros. cruisers... Santa Barbara Cruisers, Kona, The guy down in San Fernando Valley, the folks over in Germany and most recently S&M. BUT they all made sure that they "looked like" a Cook Bros. Cruiser BUT also made sure that in no way they were "deceptively similar"! Over the years I've had good relations with several of these people and I wish them nothing but the best of luck!
Now you take Johnny! He has made EVERY effort to ride CBR's coattails! Going WAY beyond "deceptively similar" to make identical uncrushable rear brake bridges, turned head tubes and BB shells, even the CBR decals... 100% forgeries!
People that pull off that kind of underhanded nonsense are 100% "died in the wool" douche bags! It is all about INTEGRITY and he has NONE!!!