Week 3

Legal and IP Frameworks

Lecture material

Copyright overview and principles:

Things to do when checking copyrighted material:
– Check UK IPO to create a business name to avoid overlapping
– Keep files and emails organised
– Name and shame others that copy, not worth legal costs
– Contracts are important
– If someone’s copied: could agree to settle confidentially instead of court
– Trademark clearances would be considered

F1 and 3M legal battle with the logo:

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Tuesday Bassen & Zara legal battle with the badges/pins:

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I've been pretty quiet about this, until now. Over the past year, @zara has been copying my artwork (thanks to all that have tipped me off–it's been a lot of you). I had my lawyer contact Zara and they literally said I have no base because I'm an indie artist and they're a major corporation and that not enough people even know about me for it to matter. I plan to further press charges, but even to have a lawyer get this LETTER has cost me $2k so far. 〰 It sucks and it's super disheartening to have to spend basically all of my money, just to defend what is legally mine. ⚡️ EDIT: Some of you are asking how you can help. Repost and tag them, on Twitter, on Insta, on Facebook. I don't want to have to burden any of you with the financial strain that comes with lawsuits.

A post shared by Tuesday Bassen (@tuesdaybassen) on Jul 19, 2016 at 5:57pm PDT

• “Calling out these big brands in the long term might not always be a good idea because these might be your future employers or collaborators or commissioners”
• Don’t be afraid to call out people, most likely won’t end up being court cases
• UK IPO website
• Mulberry, “rights to designs under employment” – interesting! How on earth was that allowed to be written in to the contract? Surely only work relating to Mulberry would only rightfully be copyrighted?