To many an unaware individual of the readership the title might appear to be rather bizzare. It is. I for one had to do some quality research on the subject (the Langot) in this case.
See the whole effort stemmed from a news article in a reputable financial newspaper formerly owned by a dubious person of Australian origin (dubious applicable to the person's conduct and not so much his origins). Well so much for clues on what paper this was.
The (news) article in this case was about a brand called Lululemon suing another competitor in the retail clothing space for a patent on a Yoga Pant. The whole thing sounded so hilarious that I had to read it with much anticipation over tea.
The tea was good, the anticipation was about what exactly somebody called Lululemon could possibly sue for?
Turns out that this is about how a pant waist band should look and feel and fold and that it was patentable per the US PTO. Another competitor had the nerve or whatever it takes these days, to copy that and blatantly proceed to sell as their own.
Now for those not familiar with the brouhaha (this one requires a blog) over Yoga - India lost out big here - we could have patented the art of standing on one leg or upside down or many formats and made a killing - hindsight as they say is still to be invented.
Now we could have taken the Yoga Patent theory a bit further and applied to the undergarments the originators (Yogi or saints) wore, which happens to be a strip of cloth (Langot) aka loincloth made famous by the Mahatma, worn over the loins. I will let the uneducated masses research what constitutes the loins. Not to be confused with lions. Spell checkers can go crazy.
Thence if India had indeed patented the langot we would be suing the entire planet that even dreamt of the Yogic pleasures since a lot of yoga affects the dreams you dream.
Dream on!
This autumn the weather gods cooperated as we took a family trip in the northeast to see six states that qualify or makeup what is known colloquially in America as New England. Mass, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island (tiniest state in the union). The outing helped tally up the states we either lived in, visited or have worked in to 47. Guess which three have eluded this intrepid traveling family. Any rate the drive was all in about 1,800 miles and included some memorable geographic wonders or points of interest. Easternmost part of state of Massachusetts being one. Furthest drivable road east in Mass being another. Visit to all Ivy League schools (term harkens to a collegiate athletics conference and generally regarded as elite academic institutes of some repute worldwide) is another random bucket list item of which this trip afforded the chance to knock two more of the list. Dartmouth in Hanover, NH and Brown (and its sister institute the RISD - school f
Dreamy stuff indeed. Which brings me to an idea. The bikini, I propose (at least the lower half) was stolen from the langot idea. Therefor, we the inventors should sue the so-called inventor of the lower half of the bikini. Maybe the two halves were invented by the same guy. Or maybe the censors added one half.
ReplyDeleteas expounded earlier multiple flavors could be marketed on the peninsula viz - the Mandakini, the Nandakini, or a custom fit branded with your own name in front of the kini..
ReplyDeleteto build kinship in a manner of speaking