RCM suing RAM

[whay]

Royal Canadian Mint to Australia: Destroy $2 million worth of poppy coins or hand them over.
Court documents allege the Royal Australian Mint used without permission a printing method patented by the Canadian mint.
http://nationalpost.com/news/canada...ow-over-printing-of-red-poppies#comments-area

 

[bordsilver]

The applicants say they are aware of “infringing” Australian coins printed with coloured ink “by forming a plurality of macropores of about 0.1 to about 0.5 mm across in a designated pattern on a portion of the metal surface, forming a plurality of micropores within the macropores, cleaning the surface, applying the ink and drying the ink.”

Holy shit. So RCM figured out that getting a machine to rough up the surface before applying the paint makes it stick better? I'm sure nobody else ever thought of that. They deserve billions of dollars for being so super smart.

 

[Ipv6Ready]

If true RAM should be flogged and fined ten times the monetary value.

 

[greedy Kobold]

Weird, cannot find an official press release from RCM.
(wouldn't you expect it, if the matter was serious)

may be it was done in previous years

 

[Ipv6Ready]

Weird, cannot find an official press release from RCM.
(wouldn't you expect it, if the matter was serious)

may be it was done in previous years

It’s only $2m I doubt it matters that much.

 

[PM]

I believe its RCM suing Perth Mint over unofficial use of milk spots.

 

[whay]

I shall apply for a patent in producing milk spots and register it as my trademark!
Check all your coins and pay up, or I will see you in court...........