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t a ken without our kn owled g e o r c o n s en t , an d we d e e ply re g re t
t h at our customers were draw n i n to t hi s c o n f l i c t — i t wa s n eve r
o u r intention.
Our investigation shows t h at th e se ac t i o n s we re c o o rd i n a te d
by two individuals: one in Ch i n a, fo r m erly o u r c l o s e s t p a rt n e r,
a n d another in the UK , who h e ld a p o s i ti o n o f t r u s t w i th i n o u r
c o mpany but misused it . S i n ce t he n , n e w e n t i t i e s — N D Ta c k l e
Ca pital Ltd. and Nine Ta ck l e L td . — have b e en e s t a b l i s h e d .
U nder the brand name ND S Ta ck l e, th ey a re s el l i n g b ai t b o a ts
a n d making false clai ms of co n ne c t i o n to N e w D i re c t i o n Ta c k l e .
T h ese actions are a clear in f r i n g e me n t o f o u r tra d e m a rk ri gh t s
a n d appear deliberately d e si g n e d to mi s l ea d c u s to m ers a n d
d e alers.
Unfortunately, some de a le r s an d en d c o n s u me r s h ave
a l ready been affected. We have p u rc ha s e d p ro d u c t s o u r se lve s
a s evidence, and some o f t h e se eve n i nc l ud ed s u p p o r t c a rd s
w i th our company details , f u rt he r h i gh li gh t i n g t h e r i s k o f
c o nfusion.
We want to reassure you o f th e fo l low i n g:
• We WILL take firm lega l a c t i o n : Si nc e o u r l aw ye r s ’ l e t te rs
h ave been ignored, court p ro c e ed i n g s wi l l b e g i n w i t h i n t h e
n ext two weeks. This will b e t he f i r s t o f m a ny ac t i o n s u n d e r
U K and international law to a dd re ss t he s e u n l aw f u l p ra c t i ce s .
• We ARE working to restore stability: Our small but dedicated
c o re team is actively reb ui l d i n g s ec u re sys te m s to p reve n t
f u rther interference. We as k fo r yo u r p a t i en c e ove r t h e n ex t
fo ur weeks while we comp le te t he n e c es s a r y te c h n i ca l wo rk to
f u lly resolve the autopilot p ro b l em .
We remain deeply commi t te d to p ro te ct i n g o u r b ra n d , o u r
c u stomers, and the anglin g co mm un i t y. T he s am e p a s s i o n a te
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