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Kris, if it's for legal matters as you state, it would be wise to get this info from a lawyer. Yes, it might cost you a few bucks, but, not contacting one could cost you a lot more.

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Yep Lucky2 is right but if you pay money to a lawyer and get a trade mark. Would you ever make your money back? Just a thought. I think you would be just getting a site like Steve good and having people pay for a download of a pattern. Or have a rubber stamp made with your trade mark and only sell to online stores like wooden teddy bear. Stamp on each pattern that you send out. Maybe you could contact the scrollsawer mag and sell them to them and have them Published. That would be the cheapest way to sell I would think without collecting a bunch of legal fees. Good luck.

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I sell patterns on my website.  There are lots of shopping cart options, many of which are free.  You can also use a shopping cart service, which is nice if you're not technical.

 

I mark my patterns with my brand.  I also put a copyright notification like:  "© 2015, Scroll Saw Goodies.  Do Not Redistribute."

 

I haven't published a book.  If I do, it will probably be self-published.  Not sure if I would go through the effort to have it officially registered with the copyright office.  You don't technically have to do that since you own the copyright as soon as it's published.  It's just harder to prove is someone steals your stuff.

 

If you go through a publisher, the publisher handles the copyrights.  Just make sure to have a lawyer look over the contract so you can protect your intellectual property.

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I sell patterns on my website.  There are lots of shopping cart options, many of which are free.  You can also use a shopping cart service, which is nice if you're not technical.

 

I mark my patterns with my brand.  I also put a copyright notification like:  "© 2015, Scroll Saw Goodies.  Do Not Redistribute."

 

I haven't published a book.  If I do, it will probably be self-published.  Not sure if I would go through the effort to have it officially registered with the copyright office.  You don't technically have to do that since you own the copyright as soon as it's published.  It's just harder to prove is someone steals your stuff.

 

If you go through a publisher, the publisher handles the copyrights.  Just make sure to have a lawyer look over the contract so you can protect your intellectual property.

Huh? Travis you sell patterns? I did a Google search and found your blog ( which I signed up for :) ) so could I have a link to your patterns? Thanks

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Travis is correct about the copyright.  The pattern is "copyrighted" as soon as you make it public.  This is both a blessing and a curse as there are plenty of disreputable people out there that steal intellectual property and try to sell it without getting permission from the author.  What Travis is doing with his patterns is a good idea.  

DW 

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