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If you allowed users to upload their own images, and those images were of Mickey Mouse, and you printed them and sold them, Disney would have a pretty easy claim against you.

You're not just selling a neutral tool here, you're actually printing the potentially infringing art.

> Also there is no way knowing whether I sold any mickey mouse shirts.

Think this statement through. I can come up with a couple of ways for a rights-holder to figure out if you're selling merchandise that infringes on their marks. They can attempt to order one themselves. They can see a tweet where someone shares the cool t-shirt they bought from you.

You're probably not actually in much danger here, but I would still take the hazard seriously if I were you. Be careful.




Yep, that's correct. Thanks for the hints!

Currently, I review all created designs before printing, so that would be a way of not infringing, I. E. Cancel orders which are potentially infringing


That should be enough. A block list of prominent trademarked characters might also be possible. That would still leave a huge space of possible ideas.


Indeed. Here is an example of a company ordering trademark-infringing goods directly from a vendor, then successfully pursuing legal action against that vendor:

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/13/1122820376/the-good-the-bad-a...




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