I never thought I would need a lawyer.
I wrote previously about my most popular design. Unfortunately, a lot of people steal it and sell it in their stores. Reporting all those places where it’s for sale takes a lot of time, and it never brings me any compensation.
This time is going to be different.
A few weeks ago, I noticed that “Not Today” is, yet again, sold by a lot of sellers. I counted 19 of them! I hired a law firm to represent me. This week all those sellers got requests to remove listings with my design and pay me a small compensation. They have time until December 31st.
In January, we will sue those that will not have complied. I will write more about this as the situation develops. It will be helpful to other artists who want to protect their intellectual property.
Wheres your proof that this design is actually yours?
Do you have a file with the original date of creation? And is that date older than the first sale of the design? Without that proof I’m afraid you just don’t have a case.
I have seen this design on sale for years, it varies slightly from “yours”, most of them are even an improvement on it.
Hot Topic sell this design and I very much doubt you’ll be able to get them to stop.
Basically unless you have solid proof then you have no case and should just stop embarrassing yourself.
Hi, yes, Hot Topic sells this design legally. It’s officially licensed by me.
And yes, I have proof that this design is mine. So showing that in court is not going to be a problem.