colorsuits.com stealling designs

[sp1derman]

I remmember buying an all in one Spiderman costume when I was six for £8 it was the first costume I had seen to be all one piece and have white on the eyes it was not licenced by marvel and it was called the human spider now the big thing was this costume had no spider logo it was just a red and blue suit with webs correct me if im wrong but that is not an illegal costume as it had no spider emblems and didnt claim to be Spiderman?

 

[DeathFromADesk]

I remmember buying an all in one Spiderman costume when I was six for £8 it was the first costume I had seen to be all one piece and have white on the eyes it was not licenced by marvel and it was called the human spider now the big thing was this costume had no spider logo it was just a red and blue suit with webs correct me if im wrong but that is not an illegal costume as it had no spider emblems and didnt claim to be Spiderman?

Selling something with subtle differences in color, logo and design and calling it Spader-Man or Spider-Dude or the human spider would still be infringement of intellecutal property rights.

You were the "human spider" according to the box. But you and everybody who saw you thought you were "spider-man"

The costume was/is similar enough in appearance, colors, and design that it is likely to cause confusion as to having an association or sponsorship with the original designer, creator or company.

Fundamentals of Trade Dress Protection

Marvel does sue over this kind of stuff.

USATODAY.com - Marvel sues two companies over role-playing game

Colorsuits and every other recaster know that folks like orhadar don't have a legal leg to stand on. So they continue to sell what they did not create, yet take credit for.

The only way to police this recaster stuff is to work as a commmunity to let those who take credit for others work know that the community is watching. We are the people that buy this stuff. It doesn't take long to help each other out and send an email or report an auction or leave negative feedback.

Spread the internet word enough on colorsuits stealing and when people Google "colorsuits" the first few resutlts that pop up will eventually show they steal templates and patterns, not how great they're stuff is.

 

[hoggworks]

So, as I said before, would my idea work of saying NOT calling it a Spider Man suit OR using Spider Man's Emblem? Marvel can't own the rights to a suit that technically original, but based off of theirs can they?

Ps: Yeah, I don't know anything about any legal laws, so that's why I just went along with what other members tell me on this thread, thinking they probably know their stuff if they're saying it.

It would really depend on the amount of difference between the suits, as I understand it. It would be interpreted by a judge; this is to say that even if you could legally prevail with such a tactic, it could potentially cost you a huge amount of legal fees. The problem with it, of course, is that a customer wanting to purchase a Spiderman suit would be wanting to purchase a Spiderman suit, not a suit that is Spiderman-esque but changed sufficiently to be legally distinct.

TheNickFox said this:

-A drawing of a suit however is different from a physical suit. And a physical suit inspired by drawings is a much harder case since the drawings will naturally vary and the two things are actually separate. It's not impossible to make a claim against someone in this case, and all that's needed is enough time and money.

The issue is with the DESIGN of the thing, not whether you're talking about a drawing versus an actual created costume. If the standard was that exact, then I could go along making knockoff Rolexes so long as I used a different schematic for them. Trademarks are different from patents; with patents you're talking about the process by which a thing as made. This is why Android, Blackberry and Windows phones all have multitouch capabilities, despite Apple having patents; they have patents on a specific implementation of multitouch. Trademarks, on the other hand, are more about the visuals. It's why Facebook can make legal claims to the suffix book, why companies have successfully fought people for using fonts they use for their logotypes, and the like. Hell, Marvel will sue you if you make something (comic at least, probably in other media) with the word "Superhero" in it.

A good example might be Iron Man. There are many companies working on powered exoskeletons for a variety of uses. These people probably draw inspiration from a wide variety of sources, as Iron Man wasn't the first suit of armour in fiction, but a company making an armour that has much of the functionality that Iron Man's suit does is on legally fine ground, however they couldn't sell it with the Iron Man name and logo.

 

[CatfoodRob]

But remember , in among all this discussion about copyrigt , fakes and look-alikes, the fact is that the OP is , in good RPF style, producing an EXACT replica of a heavily copyrighted design . No matter what he calls it , its still an exact spiderman . The truth , sad to tell , is that he has no legal foot to stand on . Havent we now gone around in circles enough ?

 

[crabra comander]

But remember , in among all this discussion about copyrigt , fakes and look-alikes, the fact is that the OP is , in good RPF style, producing an EXACT replica of a heavily copyrighted design . No matter what he calls it , its still an exact spiderman . The truth , sad to tell , is that he has no legal foot to stand on . Havent we now gone around in circles enough ?

 

[StaggzCosplay]

http://awesomegifs.com/wp-content/uploads/dead-horse.gif

Why is it that I find that picture amusing? Surely I can't be the only one....

 

[The New Blood]

I'm actually working on a pattern right now, and frankly making a pattern is tough, tedious and long, and anyone who steals someone else's hard work deserves no respect.

 

[ThatPhoenixGuy]

Does this discussion really have to be about legal ground? For me it's easy: all the creators have put a lot of work in their patterns and replicas and colorsuits is selling them and taking credit for what it not their work. Can we sue them? No. Can we do something about it by making it public to the community? Yes!

 

[laellee]

Does this discussion really have to be about legal ground? For me it's easy: all the creators have put a lot of work in their patterns and replicas and colorsuits is selling them and taking credit for what it not their work. Can we sue them? No. Can we do something about it by making it public to the community? Yes!

This is EXACTLY why I think every recasting thread should burn and die. It's not complicated. If it was easy the guy wouldn't have stole the stuff, he'd have done it himself. Seriously, not rocket science.

Thanks for your eloquence, ThatPhoenixGuy. Yay.

 

[Peek73]

Just a heads up. I had told another on the RPF about color suits and actually recommended them, that was until I was set straight. I apologize for this and after reading this thread I an quite pissed about the whole thing. Again I am sorry and can only attribute my lack of knowledge to being new here.


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[dungparker]

Can anybody pls, take zentai zentai down, they are resell many pattern
I cant take this anymore,it have to be stop

 

[kjguy]

I am SO glad I've come here and done enough research to avoid buying from him! It is easy to be mesmerized by his site while first starting your cosplay quest, however, since I am in the middle of commissioning the right way and from the right people, I can tell you, it feels so much more rewarding. How can anyone feel good about wearing a stolen inferior knock off from grimy thieves! Not me?! Ugh, I get sick in my heart just thinking about it!

 

[crull87]

what if someone could make a file that can only be printed once ? and once it is printed is automatically deleted or you would need a new passwod to print it again. That would solve this problem until a better hacker//programmer comes along.