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I hired a law firm

December 18, 2020

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.

"Not Today" - design by Justyna Dorsz
“Not Today”

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.

Here’s the next part.

Tagged With: Artist Life, Copyright, Law

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  1. Some living in the real world says

    December 30, 2020 at 2:57 pm

    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.

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    • Justyna says

      December 30, 2020 at 10:23 pm

      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.

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