The articles I have read recently say that the licensing protection stops when it is sold to the public. The fee has been paid to the seller so the buyer is not bound by the "protection claim" by the maker.
Originally Posted by
sewbeadit
There was a seller on ebay that was sued for this same thing, selling items made from licensed fabrics, the sellers won because the fabric was made to be used and after it was sold it was fair game. However, now they put that on the selvage to protect the designers, so haven't heard anymore about it. We should investigate and see what is going on with this now. When "we" have some time.
I would think they would be happy to let people make things from their fabric designs and sell it, it doesn't make sense to me because you are not making their fabric or trying to copy their fabric design.