Harris Tweed the trade mark should have been granted exclusively to Harris, the Orb Trade Mark was granted. The Harris Tweed Association, a voluntary body, was formed to protect both the use of the Orb Trade Mark and to protect the use of the name ‘Harris Tweed’ from imitations. The original definition attached to the Orb Trade Mark stated that: Harris Tweed means a tweed, hand-spun, hand-woven and dyed by the crofters and cottars in the Outer Hebrides. In 1993, a new statutory body to guard the Orb Trade Mark, the Harris Tweed Authority, replaced the original Harris Tweed Association. Also in
Orb Publications Orb Publications Orb Publications is a publisher based in Ringwood, Victoria, Australia. The company currently publishes the speculative fiction magazine "Orb Speculative Fiction". Orb Publications began publishing the "Orb Speculative Fiction" magazine in 1999. "Orb Speculative Fiction" (also known simply as "Orb") was first released in 1999 and was edited by Sarah Endacott. In 2002 "Orb" #2 was a short-list nominee in the Ditmar Awards for best collected work but lost to "Earth Is But a Star", edited by Damien Broderick. "Orb" again was nominated for best collected work in 2005 and 2008 for the issues six and seven respectively.