Copyright Images.....

[AdamB]

oh and Fisher Price is master toy licensee for Mr Men official merchandise so you'll need some big gonads to compete with those big wigs!

[jennywren]

. A copyright is a legal right given to an author, composer, playwright, publisher or distributor for exclusive publication, sale, or distribution of their work. And a trademark is a name, symbol, or something else identifying a product, officially registered and legally restricted to the use of the owner / maker. This only a loose guide if it helps.

Disney company are hard hard on you when they get you. My friend got done, only by buying some clothes of a wholesaler which was not Disney Licence and they took the lot away ( and stock that's was legitimate ) and fined her big time, she did'nt know and even though she didn't make them but brought from a wholesale that she had been dealing with for years , she was responsible. Hope that makes sense long story told in short mode

[Lee]

Thanks for the info - sounds like it would be really difficult to go down that route, and obviously it's not worth the risk to copy them....therefore it's a case of designing something people want and will sell!!!

[jennywren]

In Lidl they have some very nice mugs of the wedding couple in red boxes at 2.99, if I had some money on me I would have brought a dozen and sold them in the shop with my own mark up, if they still have some next time I go shopping I think I will. I have a friend who sell specialty teas and she often pops in to supermarkets and buy the bog offers and them sells them on.

[Lee]

good idea really - although if you look at say £6-£7 for a mug compared to £3 in lidl - presuming the £3 are good quality (?), you do wonder why people would by from a sole trader and pay more...which is where the personalised angle comes in I suppose......

[jennywren]

good idea really - although if you look at say £6-£7 for a mug compared to £3 in lidl - presuming the £3 are good quality (?), you do wonder why people would by from a sole trader and pay more...which is where the personalised angle comes in I suppose......

not everybody shops in lid,l as a sole trader I have been lucky that Market traders and shop keepers have shared their tricks , I can test the waters with these mugs without going to a wholesaler and haveing to fork out a min spend, If I buy the mugs I will put them in a clear box and resale on at 4.99 depending on how fast they I will either buy in from a wholesale or not, but not haveing the the min send, you'll be suprised at how many small shops do it and some might be thinking now on this forum now thats a good idea. and the copyright has not be broken as well.

[John G]

If the wedding mug has a copyright, and Lidl have the rights, then i'm afraid the copyright would stay with Lidl. As soon as you buy the copyrighted mug it doesn't give you the right to sell it on for a profit.

[AdamB]

If the wedding mug has a copyright, and Lidl have the rights, then i'm afraid the copyright would stay with Lidl. As soon as you buy the copyrighted mug it doesn't give you the right to sell it on for a profit.

boo, hiss ............ you know how to dampen a mood eh John

Only kidding mate, what I like about this forum is that there is such a wealth of experience on here - maybe one day, I'll tell you my secret of a spicy chicken recipe I created many years ago ................. I sold it onto a bloke with white hair and a beard for a few quid

[John G]

Spicy chicken recipe - now your talking

[jennywren]

If the wedding mug has a copyright, and Lidl have the rights, then i'm afraid the copyright would stay with Lidl. As soon as you buy the copyrighted mug it doesn't give you the right to sell it on for a profit.

Does that mean when people buy stuff and sell it on that they are breaking the law by making a profit, so in theory if you buy something then sell it on for a profit ( for example when toys are in short supply and someone buys them them then sell them on for a profit they are breaking the law. The mug was in a plain red box with the words royal wedding, it didn't say exclusive made for lidl . I never knew that still you learn something every day,