A Victory for the little people!!

Dutch! · Post by **Dutch!** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 1:04 am

Ever since Australians have been droving sheep across our vast brown land, we've been making sheepskin boots and called the 'ugg' boots...

Well two years ago some upstart Yank company sent letters out here telling everybody to stop trading our sheepskin boots under the name of ugg boots. Deckers seem to think they owned the rights to the shoes we've been making and calling Ugg boots since sheep first crossed the Great Dividing Range.

Well our lot didn't take too kindly to that and kicked up a right fuss. Today, we won!

The name Ugg belongs to NOBODY! We can all call our sheepskin boots UGG BOOTS!

The little people have held back the big corporations at saved the Aussie Uggboot!

Now to wear you ugg boots with pride!!

(At least...once summer's over...)

MERBman · Post by **MERBman** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 1:07 am

I hate Uggs either way, so I could care less about what these people were doing before I was born and what they want to do with their unappealing product name.

But then, I lived in the valley, where people wear Ugg boots with pyjama bottoms.
In public.
In school.
During summer.

Dutch! · Post by **Dutch!** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 1:36 am

You lived in Moe??

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 4:08 am

Yay for Ugg!

Mo · Post by Mo » Tue Jan 17, 2006 4:46 am

Cope · Post by **Cope** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 5:05 am

Unga bunga!

Keffria · Post by **Keffria** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 5:09 am

Ack! It's almost like invoking that name in the chatroom has summoned the ugg boots to the forums... I do so hate those things; worst trend ever. People really do wear them in the summer-time.

But nevertheless, congrats on the victory!

PieceOfSkunk · Post by **PieceOfSkunk** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 5:28 am

I find it amusing that hideously ugly boots worn by blind trend-followers are made out of sheep skin.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 5:35 am

Ugg boots aren't that ugly. I was picturing a piece of sheepskin and a leather strap or somesuch.

Bustertheclown · Post by **Bustertheclown** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 5:35 am

Well, I find this fascinating, Dutch. Intellectual property disputes get me all hot and bothered. I'm glad that the traditional name of a form of footwear has kept its status as "free to all", and couldn't be legally co-opted by the hedge barons of U.S. Industry. To be honest, it really fries my bacon to learn when such things happen, because it only serves to further monopolize expression for short-term commercial gain, and makes the world a more homogenous place to exist.

K-Dawg · Post by **K-Dawg** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 6:30 am

I really do detest Ugg boots, they are everywhere in this damn area!

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 6:43 am

....ooog?

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 6:49 am

PeppermintAfterlife wrote:....ooog?

Nonono... Ugg. Hard g sound.

BOMC · Post by **BOMC** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:45 am

I couldn't care less what Uggs look like... but they feel like slippers, so I wear them. LIKE SLIPPERS, I TELL YOU.

Dutch! · Post by **Dutch!** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:17 am

Now we just have to keep Kraft from moving Vegemite production away from Victoria...that's the next fight.

Jim North · Post by **Jim North** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:55 am

rkolter wrote:

Oh, those are ugg boots. I've seen them several times, but never knew that there was a particular name for them.

They're okay. But good on Aussieland for sticking it to The Man either way, neh?

Bustertheclown · Post by **Bustertheclown** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 9:01 am

I don't mind ugg boots. They look very "sword and sorcery" to me. In fact, I've taken reference photos of some to use in drawings.

CJBurgandy · Post by **CJBurgandy** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 9:17 am

Ugg boots have been popular here for years... I think they look like boot liners so I don't like them. Sheepskin boot liners though are so soft.

but if I wanted ultimate warmth without caring what my feet looked like, I'd wear bunny boots (note: Bunny boots are not made of Bunnies)

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 9:28 am

cjburgandy wrote:Ugg boots have been popular here for years... I think they look like boot liners so I don't like them. Sheepskin boot liners though are so soft.

but if I wanted ultimate warmth without caring what my feet looked like, I'd wear bunny boots (note: Bunny boots are not made of Bunnies)

Then why are they called bunny boots? That's false advertising.

MixedMyth · Post by **MixedMyth** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 9:38 am

rkolter wrote:Ugg boots aren't that ugly. I was picturing a piece of sheepskin and a leather strap or somesuch.

Oo. I've seen those. They always looked quite comfy. Didn't know that was the name for them, though. Seen them sold at stores and Renn Fairs.

Well, congrates, anyhow. Man, I can't believe all the rediculous lawsuites for name ownership that get started here.

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