Originally Posted by
justflyingin
But, I would love to see some real evidence that people have actually lost such a court case to a big company telling them to quit selling their home made craft items. Is there a link anywhere that someone can post here? I'm not surprised that they go around telling people to do this, but can someone give us some evidence to this. Thanks.
The most often referred website is
www.TabberOne.com. She started this website after she had multiple run ins with big corporations regarding her use of licensed in items she was trying to sell on E-bay. She won. Another website I found is
www.quiltingbusiness.com/quilting-copyright.htm. He references TabberOne in his article. In addition go to
http://www.owenandemma.com/ralph/ralph.html. They have a detailed exchange they had with legal representatives of the Ralph Lauren corp. and they also give a couple of court case examples. And - if you co to ebay today and search "handmade Ralph Lauren fabric or handmade NFL fabric" you will see handmade items being sold using those fabrics. Some of the sellers use disclaimers but most do not. I also saw an ipad case made with Stars Wars fabric.
Get yourself a cup of coffe and plan on several hours - it all makes for good, but time-concuming reading.