My friend is quite good with the old sewing machine and can make store bought clothing look amazing. She's thinking about selling her wares to small independent clothes shops and on e-bay. What precautions should she take to avoid getting into trouble with the original manufacturers of the pre-adapted clothing?
2006-10-31 02:18:38 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Small Business
I doubt it if she buys for example, plain T-shirts from a wholesaler, I think that they expect people to print on them, embroider them etc
Perhaps if she bought Ralph Lauren/designer labels the company may take issue but why would she want to pay the inflated price for those goods to start with anyway.
Re labels she might want to add her own to 'Brand' her product & add any info re any special washing instructions.
One thing to remember though is to put on any warnings re any beads, rhinestones, ribbons or items that kiddies could pick off & eat to protect her from any liability - don't know if this has to be on the garment or just on the tag/packaging etc, might be worth checking with a legal expert for this sort of thing .... not trying to scaremonger but sadly in these times we live in you have to consider such things, it would be awful if some dumb kid choked on something & she got sued ...
2006-11-07 02:51:51 · answer #1 · answered by Mari C 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have 5 friends in Bangkok that do it all the time,one makes about $1,000 a week.None have ever been caught selling copies and besides what is Nike going to do?I know 1 man selling copy Gucci bags that had his site shut down so he just opened another account and was right back up again.This is Thailand 'The new wild west'.I t should be called Copyland.If foreign companies or governments had any power what so ever to do anything then a HUGE % of Thailand's businesses would have shut down eons ago.They can't do squat.I know this stings the American corporate ear but sorry guys.
2016-05-22 17:03:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would imagine your friend would have to completely annonymise the garment, ie. move labels and any logo's otherwise she would be selling someone else's 'brand', which would be illegal. She would also need to stick labels on if there are any parts of the garment that are likely to fall apart when washed, or if any of the garment could come off and injure - she would need to protect herself from any kind of back-lash, i.e. litigation if the garment were to injure, and also if she were accused of using another person's idea - even if she does alter it a tad. Why not make the garments from new, or even approach the original supplier with her ideas? I think you can do whatever you like to a garment you buy, if it is for your own wear - but to sell it on as your own idea, that is another thing altogether.
2006-11-07 08:29:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It seems like there would be some legal problems, but unless there's a copyright on the clothing, you can do anything with it as you please. I see nothing legally wrong with the idea.
2006-10-31 04:21:10 · answer #4 · answered by Hayden 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I am aware, they would have to issue clothing with a copyright on it somewhere to prevent any further sale. Once bought, its yours to do with as you wish.
2006-10-31 02:37:15 · answer #5 · answered by Andrew V 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Change the label then I can't see a problem.
2006-10-31 02:27:41 · answer #6 · answered by Crazy Diamond 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't be silly she cant do that and earn a living there is bound to be a law against free enterprise like this!!!!
2006-11-07 06:45:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋