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UPDATE - May 3, 2005 - CASE SETTLED
Bikram Choudhury ("Bikram") and Open Source Yoga Unity ("OSYU") announced today that they have settled the litigation between them involving OSYU's claim that Bikram's copyrights and trademarks relating to BIKRAM YOGA are invalid, and that Bikram engaged in copyright misuse by sending out cease and desist letters. The parties have reached a mutually satisfactory resolution of their differences, and the lawsuit has been dismissed.
Both sides expressed their pleasure that they have put this matter behind them, and look forward to working together in the future to continue to bring the benefits of yoga to the world.
YOGA HISTORY |
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"Through regular publication of the work of the Institute, these Indian contributions will reach the whole world. They will become public property. No patents will ever be taken. The spirit of our national culture demands that we should forever be free from the desecration of utilizing knowledge only for personal gain. It is my further wish that the facilities of this Institute be available, so far as possible, to workers from all countries. In this I am attempting to carry on the traditions of my country. As far back as twenty-five centuries, India welcomed to its ancient universities... scholars from all parts of the world."
-Autobiography of a Yogi, published 1946, page 81, from a speech given by J.C. Bose at the dedication of an Indian physiology/philosophy Institute
"If it is possible to practice this art under the guidance of a competent instructor who is well acquainted with it, so much the better. There are not now many Westerners who know Hatha Yoga well enough to teach it. It is for this reason that I decided to publish a book which through its simple directions and profuse illustrations will enable any interested reader immediately to begin the practice of this very beneficial system of physical culture . . . I offer the reader the key to the kingdom of health and happiness, which is for all men to enjoy."
-From the Introduction of the Yoga Asanas book by Buddha Bose, published in 1938
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