Last night I met a friend whose artwork idea was copied online... so after visiting the BritishLibrary IP Centre, she still does not quite know what to do.
Over the years I learn to
Use it or Lose it...
As SueMe says "what goes around comes around":
was it so important to register this catch phrase which had been around?
What about NEW original designs?
what chance do they stand?
The original ideas put into SUEME new jackets research could not be registered (as most designers know...), and when sourcing involved quilting companies worldwide to do a wave and mountain pattern to illustrate the company Ethos to protect nature by using sustainable fabrics, the word about new quilting ideas such as waves went around... and the idea entered the public domain...
Today I found a video, strangely enough researching the word CoolHearts, led to music video, and beneath the YouTube list found a trend video, which I thought might be interesting: it was a commercial video, not a trend forecasting video, and there I saw my wavy pattern used by one of the big names (I have seen around a few times already worn by people)
So do you think these companies know the original source for their new jackets quilting idea?
The author of the video printscreen below and jacket company names are left anonymous:
the important thing here is to remember not to get discouraged:
write the date of your idea, take pictures, and send to yourself as proof of origination...
--- claim it back when it comes around ---like today...
Unfortunately there is no point sueing the big guies...and fall into despair and negativity...
SPREADING Awareness and respect of original ideas is the best we can hope for...
You can see the original wave and mountain quilting stitched by hand in a locally sourced factory on the Echoic Jacket, completely sourced designed cut and made in-house (by myself) for SUEME--
it is produced bespoke in small quantities locally... www.sueme.com
From the factory offcuts (the polartec fleece is made out of recycled plastic bottles, so it would be a shame to throw back in bin) we cut little hearts to show people more can be done to protect nature and creativity... after all isn't nature our daily source of inspiration?
To see more of our little PlasticHearts visit twitter and spread the word bout positive origination...
TIP:
So Secondary Research is important, after designing your innovation, look around to make sure your idea is not too close to someone else's...
