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Mike Sinyard Apology

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specialzd1Specialized found Mike Sinyard sent an open letter of apology to the biking community. He acknowledges he handled it poorly and was wrong. Against the backdrop of  $11,000,000 in counterfeit Specialized gear just this year, he allowed his lawyers to overzealously pursue Cafe Roubaix.

“I heard you and you can rest assured I took it to heart. I realize now that we went too far with this aggressive approach and as a result and in some cases we hurt the local bikes shops and small businesses we wanted to protect.” – Mike Sinyard

It’s good to see an apology and Dan. Hopefully Mike can gain a sense of community that many feel Specialized has been missing.

Get the full letter and pics from some of the Specialized knock-off’s that failed at Bikerumor!

ASI Asserts Trademark Authority Says Richter Can Keep Name #Roubaixgate Update

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28046_252431114879623_1745040097_nBicycle Retailer and Industry News is reporting that Advanced Sports International plans to assert it’s authority over the Roubaix name due to it’s holding of the world-wide rights to it. As such, it is working out an agreement with Cafe Roubaix Bike Studio’s Dan Richter and challenging Specialized’s rights to enforce the trademark. As it turns out, Specialized licenses the trademark from ASI. Which explains why Fuji and Specialized both market Roubaix.

ASI’s Pat Cunnane said the company has no problem with retailer Dan Richter using the name, stating:

“We have reached out to Mr. Richter to inform him that he can continue to use the name, and we will need to license his use, which we imagine can be done easily…”

And:

“We are in the process of notifying Specialized that they did not have the authority, as part of our license agreement, to stop Daniel Richter … from using the Roubaix name”

Get the full story from BRAIN!