Originally Posted by
Prism99
I wonder how this affects the lawsuit brought against Emily Ceir? She and her book publisher are being sued by a designer for using a fabric in a quilt pattern book. Fortunately for Emily, the publisher is taking care of the legal costs of fighting the lawsuit. The fabric manufacturer actually donated the fabric to Emily!
Using the fabric in a book could be considered a straight copyright violation because the fabric has been reproduced...same as if you were to post a photo of it here. It is the reproduction of the fabric, not the use of it in a quilt, that is in question I believe, and that is copyright law, not trademark law.