Originally Posted by PatriceJ
Originally Posted by Norene B
Changing the design a little makes it yours. The main thing is not to sell that pattern to someone else. You can make items and sell them though.
sorry, but no it does not.
Correct, this is not true. If the thing is still "recognizable," such as for instance copying a "lookalike but different Mickey Mouse," then it is not original. So changing a little bit does not make it original.
On the other hand, just because someone says their pattern is original and copyrighted does not make it truly original and copyrighted. Maybe they "borrowed" someone's idea. They have to prove it is original, as much as you might have to prove it is not.