Newsletters
Newsletter: 21st december 2020
– Protective brief send out to all German courts
– Direct donations to HCU are now possible as well as getting a donation receipt
– Yatao shop and Rav Drums relaunched with help of HCU
– An Interview with Ron Kravitz; PANArt Distributor
Newsletter: 30th october 2020
Dear Handpan Community It has been a while since we sent an update on the legal disputes with PANArt. The reason for this was that we had been preparing the defense of the Handpan Community together with our lawyers, and we were not able to share details about this any earlier. In the meantime, we […]
Newsletter 7th October
Dear Handpan Community, First of all, sincere thanks to everyone for the immense support offered since the launch of Handpan Community United (HCU). It is pleasing to see that more than one thousand members have chosen to join and support HCU. This gives hope that a supporting resource can be created together to protect the […]
Recent Articles
Protective brief German version
The HCU lawyers drafted a 76 page protective brief and distributed it to German courts in an effort to educate anyone who might make a future ruling in regards to handpans.
Protective brief English version
The HCU lawyers drafted a 76 page protective brief and distributed it to German courts in an effort to educate anyone who might make a future ruling in regards to handpans.
Court ruling of Berlin
The Russian company RAV Drum has stopped the sales of their handpans because of actions of PANArt against them.
Letter to Ayasa Instruments
The letter Ayasa Instruments received on 21-09-2020 from PANArts lawyers
World of handpans court papers
Court hearing English translation (short version)
Regarding the protection of their creations as works of art PANArt claims copyright of their creations based on the combination of 5 features, which are all not defined by technical reasons.
Panart publications
PANArt Copyright: Questions and Answers
PANArt answers some questions about the copyright from their perspective