To all those who sell

SycoSquirl 11/30/2012 11:19 pm 3038

This isnt a question, but beware of selling items online with notable characters I.E. Hello Kitty. I have recently had a problem with a copy right infringement on my hello kitty backpack which I made, although It doesnt look like Hello Kitty at all. So if you are selling your things online, dont call it by the characters actual name, dont want you to have to go through the same things I am at this time.

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Dec 5, 2012 2:06 am
I'm scared that they might ask me to take down all the HK patterns from here :/ but if they ever did I would just share them privately with people that asked for them.
Dec 5, 2012 12:54 am
The person that reported me was an actual person from the company, they used their company email address to do it. I dont want to re-list it in case they do have an issue with it and decide to sue me or some shit like that >.<
  • Halodiablo
Dec 4, 2012 1:55 pm
mostly ppl who report i have come across are ppl who are making similar themed thing as i had been reported for my hello kitty stuff as well. i just renamed it and got no further problems which i know for some isnt the case as the will hound u/remove your item. as far as emailing companioes to try and get permission, they will tell u they can licsense it out to you which means u have to pay out a shizzz ton of $$$ and have to give them a precentage in sales (friend of mine tried that with some dc stuff he was making). but id say just rename stuff and dont refer to it as "inspired" as they say u intended for it to look like etc etc thing. this is y i planz to get a few of my things trademarked and liscensed under that trademark lol
Dec 3, 2012 7:04 pm
So this was the message I got back: Sorry, no. Not using the HELLO KITTY name and trademark will not be legally effective against copyright infringement if the item uses unauthorized copies of Hello Kitty. We do not know which item you are referring to, but we suspect that the item does look like Hello Kitty if you chose to label it as such.
Dec 3, 2012 2:47 pm
I would e-mail the company if you can, and put it up under a different name for now, Like I have a hello kitty bikini but I named it kitty bikini but I didnt get around to doing that with my bag before they pinned it and took it down forcibly, And I shared because this is happening to me right now and I know a lot of people sell just like me and our biggest items are main characters like domo and hello kitty so I dont want any other people to have the same problem I still have not heard back on wether a name change would take care of the problem for my case, and I emailed them 3 days ago so yah >.<
Dec 3, 2012 3:13 am
Oh wow, thanks that's pretty good that you shared that, I really don't want to be held accountable for anything. It was really smart of you to share that ^-^
  • Kandicloset
Dec 2, 2012 10:43 pm
I've even heard of some people emailing the companies for aprovial, should someone do that or just not use the name? I have something on there with the actual name of the character on the cuff and I took it down after I read this so should I email the company or just leave it down?
Dec 2, 2012 3:22 pm
Definetely start with re-naming anything that could have a copyright, the best prevention is to not give them something to attack in the first place =P
  • Kittygoesrawr
Dec 1, 2012 10:48 pm
I probably will need to rename my stuff
  • Kittygoesrawr
Dec 1, 2012 10:47 pm
Thanks happy