To all those who sell

SycoSquirl 11/30/2012 11:19 pm 3082

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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SycoSquirl
Old School Member

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.

Halodiablo
Guest

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

SycoSquirl
Old School Member

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 >.<

Crumpet
Site Owner

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.

Halodiablo
Guest

Dec 5, 2012 10:40 am

damn thats crazy that the actual company did that, someone in an office somewhere with to much time on there hands being an a-hole lol and i dont think theyd say somthing about the patterns though if they did it'd open a flood gate with the amount of other stuff on here. id just put a disclaimer that u dont promote or support copying any companies ip's and everyone posting understand that or somthing lol idk >.<

SycoSquirl
Old School Member

Dec 5, 2012 11:13 am

Or say this is not for comercial use and that there is a copyright on certain characters so beware that if they are selling online the company can come after them for using their character/logo/saying whatever such an unnecessary hassle >.< and why me? Like search etsy for hello kitty and there are HUNDREDS of items that look more like hello kitty then my backpack I made so wtf?

Crumpet
Site Owner

Dec 5, 2012 12:24 pm

yeah, I have had a notice like that up for a while: http://kandipatterns.com/post/view/134-protected-patterns

SycoSquirl
Old School Member

Dec 5, 2012 5:28 pm

Definitely would be good for all those who sell to go read that. And to read through all of these comments. Could save a lot of people a lot of trouble. Thanks for linking that Crumpet

Halodiablo
Guest

Dec 5, 2012 7:06 pm

ah thats good to know now XDand id syco ur stuffs epic so they decided to pick on u. i mean someone had to say somthing to the company or some such nonsense with u in mind otherwise they woulda asked etsy to takedown all related materials, fishy the target on person. but i know what ya mean, so much hk that looks as such or actually uses the trademarked hk character (thats y i used a rendered drawing for the sides on my hk themed stuff lol)

SycoSquirl
Old School Member

Dec 5, 2012 9:50 pm

Like if you look at the bag, it dont even look like HK, so the only thing I can think of is people being mad that it costs like $150 because of all the beads and hours I put into it >.< and my stuff is pretty generic except a few things but whatever I will still sell if off my facebook, so they can suck it whoever it was

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