While not wishing to disillusion anybody, patterns cannot be trademarked, because they are not - um - trademarks. They can carry copyright, but only for the pattern as you have cut it - simply cutting a curved sleeve head and shifting the sleve seam to the medieval position may not be original enough to prove originality in law. Also, it could only be part of a breach case if you could prove that somebody has copied the original paper pattern, rather than produced their own pattern on the same lines. That wouldn't be a breach (under UK law at least). Not that I'm a lawyer, just checked all this with the patent office, but I wouldn't want the likely pointless expense of proving it in court. HOWEVER, to the original poster - massively well done for making it work - one of the hardest parts of constructing clothing that has little evidence of cut is the trial and error of what ends up looking right and what doesn't. It's one heck of a buzz when you finally get it right! Enjoy it, the eureka moment :) message dated 06/03/2010 19:00:33 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
For gods' sake woman, get it tradmarked. I don't know you, but I do know cultural property. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
