2012 - PANArt files Lawsuit against Bellart (ESP)
Last Updated on 12. October 2021
- “In 2008, they tried suing a Spanish handpan maker and lost.” Bloomberg, 2021, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-10-08/the-handpan-s-creators-want-to-keep-their-invention-pure-it-may-not-survive
- „PANArt sues Bellart from Spain, a company that copies the Integral Hang identically. It does not succeed with its lawsuit for copyright infringement and unfair competition.“
Source: https://panart.ch/de/geschichte/die-geschichte-der-panart
- Hangforum.com: „There is no „war“ on Handpans!“ – discussion since 2010:
http://www.hangforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=1247&sid=eb9472608eda6e2a1a1797e363e302c0&start=20
- Article „PANArt Vs BEllArt – The Battle for the HandPan“: http://www.hangdrumsandhandpans.com/2016/06/panart-vs-bellart-battle-for-handpan.html–More Info about Bellart:
- http://www.bellart.es
- article about the Bellart-Panart litigation: http://www.hangdrumsandhandpans.com/2010/12/bellart-bells-spanish-made-hang-drum.html
- Other sources:”BellArt Bells are built in Spain and in shape close to the original hang. The waiting list is currently closed and several years long.”Source: Website of David Kuckhermann
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120615193607/http://bellart.es/que-es-el-bells.html (15.6.2012 capture)
- Deleted from Forum: Tue Apr 20, 2010 “PANArt Returns to the attack ”
http://www.handpan.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=670Capture from wayback 2016 (interesting part is deleted) http://web.archive.org/web/20160612085936/http://www.handpan.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=670