I want to sell dresses at a boutique or on ebay. The dresses would be store bought but I'd then add things too it or change the entire design etc, just using the dess as the base part (adding to or taking away i.e. length or adding lace or fake flowers) since I don't know how to sew from scratch. Does this violate any laws???
2007-07-30 09:42:44 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
No, it doesn't violate any laws, as long as you are advertising the dress as embellished and not as completely designed by you.
2007-07-30 09:46:21 · answer #1 · answered by CGIV76 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would call a boutique and ask them.. Selling it on ebay I would say no... Unless your selling at as your product in whole but if you say the maker and you just added stuff or changed the design a little I don't see any laws broken... If you call a lawyers office and just ask them it shouldn't cost you anything to do that... Just to be on the safe side... Or email them your question....
2007-07-30 16:45:45 · answer #2 · answered by precious 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure about a boutique but to sell items on ebay or other sites is like a yard sale you can sell any thing
2007-07-30 16:48:23 · answer #3 · answered by Kelly W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reverse is fraud. That is, taking your work and representing it as someone else's. But buying someone else's work (they get the money they would get anyway) and changing it and putting your name on it, no one is being deceived or denied money they should have gotten. If you think about it almost everything we buy is that way (is there a label on a dress for the cotton grower, or the textile mill etc. No).
2007-07-30 17:11:49 · answer #4 · answered by Astrapulvis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it's illegal.
Not in theory. You can make a dress from their patterns or a similar style. Companies make knock-offs all the time, but they start from scratch.
But you are buying their actual product, changing it, then selling it as your own under your own store and product line.
That's Illegal.
2007-07-30 16:51:39 · answer #5 · answered by Atavacron 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not. Once you acquire the dress, its yours to do with pretty much as you please including altering or reselling.
To b on the safe side, you probably should not represent that you made the entire dress, just tell the truth, that you altered or in some other way enhanced the dress.
2007-07-30 16:46:56 · answer #6 · answered by fredrick z 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it breaks any laws as long as you say in the listing that you altered the the dress.
2007-07-30 16:47:50 · answer #7 · answered by Carrie K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so, except I think you would have to remove the labels from the dress, because then it would no longer be their own.
2007-07-30 16:47:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, just take the tags off. You can't say it is a Ralph Lauren or whatever if you redesigned it.
2007-07-30 16:53:17 · answer #9 · answered by skycat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have something to sell i see no difference just don't claim the design,unless the company or original designer is outdated
2007-07-30 16:48:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋