This is more a question based upon personal curiosity, after reading a variety of different and at times highly entertaining posts on these forums.
I was wondering if anyone on here has fallen foul of the law through selling t-shirts? There is a lot of talk about copyright infringement and trademarking but I would love to know if any of you guys have faced any legal proceedings against you, solely based on the selling of t-shirts?
I think a couple of members have reported receiving cease and desist orders for some of their designs.
I remember I created a "bling bling" design a few years ago that I was advertising via adwords and I got a cease and desist from a company that had the trademark to that phrase.
I wonder if there have been any people that went though a whole case though...
A few years ago when the California Angels went to the World Series there were a bunch of people selling Angels tshirts on street corners around the stadium without problem. Maybe they were sactioned but I doubt it.
Looks like getting a cease and desist order is pretty much the worst thing that can happen...
Let's not jump to conclusions just yet with only a few answers
Just because nobody here has yet wanted to go into depth in a public forum about their legal t-shirt troubles doesn't mean that people aren't getting sued (I know the bigger print on demand places sometimes get lawsuits instead of cease and desists. Depending on how aggressive the law firm is.)
yea, i was thinking of selling Red Sox shirts around fenway this summer...I was thinking to avoid that whole trouble with coyrights and all that maybe ill stick to just saying like Yankees Suck! and things like that...haha They can't bust you for things like that can they? Only thing they can get you on is not having a permit to sell in the street...
They can't bust you for things like that can they? Only thing they can get you on is not having a permit to sell in the street...
Yes, they can bust you for both. Selling without a permit and selling unlicensed merchandise.
Some people still do it, but it doesn't make it any less illegal.
However, I don't want this topic too sidetracked on what is allowed or isn't; that way we can get some good feedback on Chris's original question seeing if anybody here has been sued
Let's not jump to conclusions just yet with only a few answers
Just because nobody here has yet wanted to go into depth in a public forum about their legal t-shirt troubles doesn't mean that people aren't getting sued
It's also possible that those who actually got sued no longer have a computer to participate on
I was told to pull my Steelers shirt that I designed. Ebay didn't tell me to pull it. The guys on Ebay who were selling the licensed brand did. Due to mine selling more then theirs. I was just starting out so I pulled it didn't want any trouble. Ebay never told me to pull it though.
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Chrissy
That was likely a matter of time. If the steelers or the licensed sellers contacted eBay through their VERO program, then eBay would have asked you directly.
They have bajillions of listings, so I think it might be common for some to slip through.
Starbucks attorneys made no effort to contact Dwyer prior to slapping him with a lawsuit...
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In other words, while Judge Chesney agreed that Dwyer's image was a legitimate parody in and of itself, and thereby protected by the First Amendment, the sale of items bearing that image constituted an infringement on Starbucks' trademark. Dwyer cannot profit by this image, because the only reason that people would buy the t-shirt, mugs, or stickers was because they bore a logo "confusingly similar" to Starbucks'.
Oh I know. I contacted Ebay and they told me I should have waited until they told me to pull it. Not to listen to other sellers anymore. It was still in my shop till last week. I pulled it for I am revamping my ebay store and loading my new one.
I have been veroed for my st. louis shirt and charm but they told me I have to take the all sizes shirts off the listing then I could list it.
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Chrissy
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Anyone here been sued for selling t-shirts? 
