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Inis Meáin knitwear: why the islands need NBP max.

clohamon · 2016-04-22 20:19:04

Great story of artisan design and craft going global except... ... and don't mess with their intellectual property.

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22-04-2016 9:19pm

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Great story of artisan design and craft going global except...

Broadband or rather the lack of a powerful internet connection is a further challenge to the company which communicates with shops worldwide and which hopes to grow its online business still further.
“The big issue for us is the fact that the broadband is so poor. I don’t know what has happened to the National Broadband Plan. There’s huge potential for us in terms of online sales but we really need decent broadband and, like others in rural Ireland, we feel very neglected,” he says.

... and don't mess with their intellectual property.

“If you buy a piece of Inis Meáin knitwear, you won’t find that design anywhere else,” says de Blácam who has successfully challenged the use of his trademark logo – three men carrying a currach – by other garment manufacturers.

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