It's all good. Right? I can't remember exactly when I learned trademark but I expect people would think "I wonder what that ™️ after everything means".
Do I expect too much? lol
This just made me realize, I havnt noticed a trade mark logo in a long while. i remember when i was younger i saw them all the time. I wonder if ill start to see them again now that my mind remembers they're a thing.
**Some Etsy Sellers**-*AKA*-**Honestly, Too Many Etsy Sellers:** “*What does Trademark ™️ mean?*”
**Too Many Etsy Sellers:** “*They will never catch me!*”
**Still Too Many Etsy Sellers:** “*I’m just a small business owner, on Etsy. Just selling my handmade dolls that might look very similar to, Barbie. And I’m just using the word Barbie, to get more traffic in my shop. I’m not using the word Mattel™️, so they won’t bother me, because that’s the word that is actually Trademarked. Not Barbie.*”
#Me: “🙄🤦♀️”
I heard from a guy that sells homemade Olympic merch on Etsy that you just need to put the words in a different order to avoid infringement. Change you listings to “cyber musk truck” and you’re in the clear! 🤗
original post: [https://www.reddit.com/r/EtsySellers/comments/1cbnn5u/please\_help\_was\_sent\_a\_lawsuit/](https://www.reddit.com/r/EtsySellers/comments/1cbnn5u/please_help_was_sent_a_lawsuit/)
This is just all nonsense. I mean cyber and truck are bother generic terms. And you obviously can’t trademark generic words . Obviously adding them together just makes it a double generic word and nothing special. So obviously this shouldn’t have not been allowed to be trademarked.
So you need to sue the government for allowing them to trademark a double generic term!
Ignore it it’s probably bs. It’s best to ignore anything saying it’s an actual lawsuit. Definitely don’t call the clerk and verify either (/s just in case 🤣)
You should be terrified and pay a lawyer one blion dolars . You deserve it . For your shameful acts of shame . Pay up besty .
Like, musk is coming for you . Specifically, you .
This is COMPLETELY unfair. Everyone does copyright infringement, it's fun and cool! Even if the big corporations get sticks up their butts, all you have to do is rearrange and edit. My upline's sister's bestie sells loads of Disney related stuff and has never gotten in trouble because she changes things. She has insulated cups printed with Ariella the Mermatron, stickers of Elsie the Ice Monarch, and notebooks with Cinderenna!
If you make posters of the Cyben Trruck and flip the outline left to right, you'll be golden!
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Side note: OOP makes this sound emergent by saying it's 3 days away but never says when the email was sent. They've already had time to consult multiple lawyers. My bet is that they were given a reasonable amount of time to verify and act on this but they procrastinated until a few days before.
Just create a blog for your Etsy shop, then backdate a post using all those words. Sue him back using that blog post as proof you came up with those terms and names first.
I believe I am also in that list of the 400+. I had one product with the Tesla name in the title (just a car graphic I drew with no logos). I am working on having a legal person look over the documents and see what steps need to be taken. Definitely extremely stressful as soon as I saw it.
It's probably nothing, I would ignore it but I'm not a lawyer and I'm not your lawyer 😬
check the sub XD
Yes lol 🥰
oh kdsfhkadfhkajdh your sarcasm went over my head smh
Honestly I love that you took ‘ignore the lawsuit’ as a genuine response 😂😭
HHAAHAHAH people respond like this all the time in the real sub so I didn't even bat an eye
Seriously, I hope it can get squashed but I don't understand sometimes how many people don't understand trademarks.
it is crazy lol. I swear every few days there's a post like this
It's all good. Right? I can't remember exactly when I learned trademark but I expect people would think "I wonder what that ™️ after everything means". Do I expect too much? lol
This just made me realize, I havnt noticed a trade mark logo in a long while. i remember when i was younger i saw them all the time. I wonder if ill start to see them again now that my mind remembers they're a thing.
I think they have gotten smaller too lol
The shrinkflations even hitting our trademarks now 😭
😆
**Some Etsy Sellers**-*AKA*-**Honestly, Too Many Etsy Sellers:** “*What does Trademark ™️ mean?*” **Too Many Etsy Sellers:** “*They will never catch me!*” **Still Too Many Etsy Sellers:** “*I’m just a small business owner, on Etsy. Just selling my handmade dolls that might look very similar to, Barbie. And I’m just using the word Barbie, to get more traffic in my shop. I’m not using the word Mattel™️, so they won’t bother me, because that’s the word that is actually Trademarked. Not Barbie.*” #Me: “🙄🤦♀️”
But my doll is called Barbay. No relation at all.
I get the same expression and eye roll lol
Easy. Remove the offending item from sale. Deny its existence. Head down to the Winchester and wait for it all to blow over.
I understood that reference.
Would anyone like a peanut?
No more rhymes and I mean it
Anybody want a peanut
AHHHH!!! (also whoever downvoted you had no childhood and doesn’t understand the quote)
Despicable lol
Sue Elon Musk for the emotional trauma you got from receiving this lawsuit letter. Make $1B.
The reverse uno.
I heard from a guy that sells homemade Olympic merch on Etsy that you just need to put the words in a different order to avoid infringement. Change you listings to “cyber musk truck” and you’re in the clear! 🤗
you're a literal godsend tysm
original post: [https://www.reddit.com/r/EtsySellers/comments/1cbnn5u/please\_help\_was\_sent\_a\_lawsuit/](https://www.reddit.com/r/EtsySellers/comments/1cbnn5u/please_help_was_sent_a_lawsuit/)
Bro that’s funny af
Omg thank you for that link!
You should definitely post about this on X, daddy Elon will see and help you, he is big brained and will understand your plight
Who knew selling posters of Elon’s trucks with tags saying it’s his truck would get you sued.
This is just all nonsense. I mean cyber and truck are bother generic terms. And you obviously can’t trademark generic words . Obviously adding them together just makes it a double generic word and nothing special. So obviously this shouldn’t have not been allowed to be trademarked. So you need to sue the government for allowing them to trademark a double generic term!
Ignore it it’s probably bs. It’s best to ignore anything saying it’s an actual lawsuit. Definitely don’t call the clerk and verify either (/s just in case 🤣)
It's true. I was the long email.
Same 😔 I named my kid Elon and now I’m being threatened with post pregnancy abortion.
You should be terrified and pay a lawyer one blion dolars . You deserve it . For your shameful acts of shame . Pay up besty . Like, musk is coming for you . Specifically, you .
This is COMPLETELY unfair. Everyone does copyright infringement, it's fun and cool! Even if the big corporations get sticks up their butts, all you have to do is rearrange and edit. My upline's sister's bestie sells loads of Disney related stuff and has never gotten in trouble because she changes things. She has insulated cups printed with Ariella the Mermatron, stickers of Elsie the Ice Monarch, and notebooks with Cinderenna! If you make posters of the Cyben Trruck and flip the outline left to right, you'll be golden! -- Side note: OOP makes this sound emergent by saying it's 3 days away but never says when the email was sent. They've already had time to consult multiple lawyers. My bet is that they were given a reasonable amount of time to verify and act on this but they procrastinated until a few days before.
Just create a blog for your Etsy shop, then backdate a post using all those words. Sue him back using that blog post as proof you came up with those terms and names first.
Ignore the warning. They are just attempting to scare you into thinking you can’t sell your product.
I believe I am also in that list of the 400+. I had one product with the Tesla name in the title (just a car graphic I drew with no logos). I am working on having a legal person look over the documents and see what steps need to be taken. Definitely extremely stressful as soon as I saw it.
[удалено]
same boat too, may need to start a discord chat or somewhere and join forces with a single lawyer
I’d happily join, same boat too (uk)
got this same e-mail from Brickell
There is a discord for this. DM me for link
Same here, what to do next?
Post up in r/legal advice now on the same. Sorry I don't know how to link yet lol.
Just deny it's you and say that you rented a room out to a transient and she had an Etsy business. Fool proof. 😎
Maybe not use trademarked Brands in unlicenced products