Is the Handpan really in danger? And who is this HCU anyway?
updated 20.11.2025 due to PANArt’s public statement entitled “Why are we asserting copyright protection for our Hang?” Currently, there are increasing reports on social media […]
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An international group of Handpan Builders and Merchants (HCU) vs. PANArt – a chronological sequence of events – Part 2
last update: 20.11.2025 Some time has passed since the publication of the first part of this summary (https://paniverse.org/panart-vs-hcu-chronological-en/) of events surrounding the legal dispute between […]
An international group of Handpan Builders and Merchants (HCU) vs. PANArt – a chronological sequence of events since fall 2020 – Part 1
First published August 23, 2023 – Revised November 13, 2025 nearly all of this content/listing comes from “PAN LAB Vienna“ (with kind permission published here […]
PANArt publishes the entire judgment for the Hang after the Bernese High Court grants the property right
Just over a week after the announcement of the judgment in the “HCU v. PANArt” case, in which the Hang was awarded a clear and […]
The HANG IS A WORK OF APPLIED ART – the Bern High Court has ruled in favor of PANArt
On July 2, 2024, the Bernese High Court handed down the long-awaited decision in the proceedings of the HCU (actually 25 Handpan dealers and manufacturers […]
HANDPAN TIMELINE – a crowedsourced Project to make the HISTORY OF HANDPANS transparent
“If you don’t know history, it’s as if you were born yesterday. If you were born yesterday then any one can tell you anything.” The HANDPAN […]
Update from HCU on last week’s “Bern hearings” (PANArt vs.HCU) and, in particular, on the Settlement Offer from PANArt about the IMPEX DING
“So far, PANArt has proposed a limitation on handpans that no convex dome should be builton central notes. We find this proposal unacceptable as it […]
Court hearing in Bern: PANArt – “We have created something that looks like it sounds, and sounds like it looks”
The two days in court last week in Bern were very exciting. Personally. Finally, (almost) all characters and protagonists of ‘this story’ have got faces, […]
PANArt vs. HCU ? Hang® vs. Handpan ? Craftsmanship vs. Mass products ? Art against Commerce ?
For more than 15 years now, there has been a dispute. It is about recognition, about “who was the first”, who copied. It is about […]
HANG, HANGDRUM, HANDPAN – Mind your vocabulary & pay attention to the terms you use !
Language has an amazing influence on thinking: others can manipulate us subtly through words, and our mother tongue even affects how we see the world […]
PANart vs. HCU – when statements leaves you with more questions than answers…
The topic of PANart vs. HCU has become pretty quiet – at least in public … Publications on the topic are more than rare because […]
2020 – a crazy year in many areas, also in the handpan universe
This year 2020 is undoubtedly a ‘very special’ one. Thats evident in many areas . COVID has changed the world, and many of the things […]
PANART´s HANG Gede – stepping back to basics
Since i have published some days ago the “rewritten article” about the history of PANTAM’s / HANDPAN’s and also the HANG, some people think, that […]