Curious About Trademarking?


We spent yesterday in King's Island for one last summer hurrah with the kiddos, Reader.
Kids - had.a.blast. Me? Tiiiiiring lol. My 44 year old head can not handle those rickety rides, ooof! Luckily my kids are old enough to ride solo, and we got lucky that is was an overcast day #lesscrowds :)
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Today, I am back in the office getting Etsy orders out, and working on the new holiday foil class opening next month - wooohoooo. Verrrrry excited about holiday foil...always.
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I have a couple sticker orders to package today (my absolute fave)...I do a lot of research on sticker designs before I list them, and these happy face stickers have been the bestseller of the last batch of uploads. (Make sure to watch that video link for my process for making these, too.)

And If you are questioning if I am allowed to sell smiley face stickers...you are a smartie pants! Gold star. Always question what terms are copyrighted/trademarked. I don't use the term "smiley face" or even "happy face" anywhere in my tags or titles, and I have done a lot of research on "if the design of a happy face is protected." I know - sounds crazy that it could be, but people go trademark happy these days.
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Always always always do your research. It is NOT worth it to list items you are now allowed to list! Disney - no, sir. Harry Potter - wouldn't even thinnk about it. Lego? nada.
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Will you see all those on Etsy? You will. But, it is a hop skip and a jump until their shops are banned. Permanently. You can be creative without listing illegal designs. Promise!
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Hope this trademark talk helps :) Questions? hit reply. I love to chitchat design, Etsy and trademark stuff.

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Have a great end of July!
I have a kiddo starting high school next week (hooowwwww?!)
- Catherine Wade
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P.S. Start a sticker shop if you wanna learn even more

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