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#33 - What to Do When Someone Steals Your Designs: A Step-by-Step Guide
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💙 This episode is all about the dreaded Copycat
🫵 What you can do about them, how to stop copycats & the steps you should be taking now to protect your handmade business
🧡 What Etsy can do about copycats, their role from a legal stance and the Etsy reporting tool
📕 The facts about who reports copyright and Intellectual Property (IP) infringements and what an IP infringement is
🙋♀️ What to do if you've been reported to Etsy for copyright
🪜 A step by step guide if you've found someone copying your designs or you suspected violations of IP rights
🔗 Links mentioned in the episode
Rocket Lawyer - https://www.rocketlawyer.com/
Etsy's reporting tool - https://www.etsy.com/uk/ipreporting
#8 - When should you trademark your business? - https://www.buzzsprout.com/2354025/episodes/14981713
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Welcome to the Handmade Bosses family 🌻
I’m Steph, & since 2016 I’ve been running my handmade business full time on Etsy. Now I’m here to help you do the same – whether that’s starting your first shop, boosting sales with Etsy ads, mastering SEO, refining your branding, or finally finding your niche.
If you already sell handmade products (or are dreaming of it) on Etsy, your own website or at in person events, you’re in the right place. This podcast is all about helping you turn your passion into profit & grow from a hobby into a thriving business that brings in consistent 4–5 figure months.
✨ Free resources to get you moving: handmadebosses.com/freeresources
✨ Ready to go deeper? Work with us here: handmadebosses.com/paidresources
I go live most Mondays on YouTube and inside our Facebook group for mini workshops. You can catch all upcoming events here: facebook.com/groups/handmadebosses/events
🎥 Subscribe on YouTube for weekly videos and lives: youtube.com/@HandmadeBosses
📸 Follow us on Instagram for updates and motivation: instagram.com/handmadebosses
Love,
Steph & Team HB xox 💛
81 episodes
Manage episode 449912464 series 3570096
💙 This episode is all about the dreaded Copycat
🫵 What you can do about them, how to stop copycats & the steps you should be taking now to protect your handmade business
🧡 What Etsy can do about copycats, their role from a legal stance and the Etsy reporting tool
📕 The facts about who reports copyright and Intellectual Property (IP) infringements and what an IP infringement is
🙋♀️ What to do if you've been reported to Etsy for copyright
🪜 A step by step guide if you've found someone copying your designs or you suspected violations of IP rights
🔗 Links mentioned in the episode
Rocket Lawyer - https://www.rocketlawyer.com/
Etsy's reporting tool - https://www.etsy.com/uk/ipreporting
#8 - When should you trademark your business? - https://www.buzzsprout.com/2354025/episodes/14981713
Insta CTA
Welcome to the Handmade Bosses family 🌻
I’m Steph, & since 2016 I’ve been running my handmade business full time on Etsy. Now I’m here to help you do the same – whether that’s starting your first shop, boosting sales with Etsy ads, mastering SEO, refining your branding, or finally finding your niche.
If you already sell handmade products (or are dreaming of it) on Etsy, your own website or at in person events, you’re in the right place. This podcast is all about helping you turn your passion into profit & grow from a hobby into a thriving business that brings in consistent 4–5 figure months.
✨ Free resources to get you moving: handmadebosses.com/freeresources
✨ Ready to go deeper? Work with us here: handmadebosses.com/paidresources
I go live most Mondays on YouTube and inside our Facebook group for mini workshops. You can catch all upcoming events here: facebook.com/groups/handmadebosses/events
🎥 Subscribe on YouTube for weekly videos and lives: youtube.com/@HandmadeBosses
📸 Follow us on Instagram for updates and motivation: instagram.com/handmadebosses
Love,
Steph & Team HB xox 💛
81 episodes
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