Using Licensed Properties in your Artist Shop

Threadless respects the intellectual property of others, and we require users of the Website to do the same.  While an original work of parody may be allowable for use, be aware that proving a design is parody can be a fine line and is typically open to interpretation. Please see the Threadless.com DMCA and Intellectual Property Infringement Policy for more details. 

In addition, here are a few key guidelines from our Threadless Terms & Conditions, which will need to be followed:

Thus, in Your use of and interactions with Threadless.com and the Website, You may not:

• Post, upload, display, submit, modify, distribute, or reproduce in any way any User Submission that is or contains copyrighted material belonging to others, without obtaining their prior written consent;
• Use, copy, or imitate trademarks belonging to others in any manner that misleads consumers or violates the trademark rights of others;
• Infringe any intellectual property rights belonging to others.

Threadless.com reserves the right, in its discretion, to remove any User Submission if it believes that it may infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party, and/or to terminate the accounts of users believed to be infringers.

At product creation, any user must confirm that your artwork is your own and you have the rights to sell products with that image in order to upload the design. 

In a nutshell, designs that contain existing 3rd party Intellectual Property are not allowable for sale. You may also not use trademarks you do not own to refer to your Artwork or product. However, we partner with certain Licensed Properties for Threadless Design Challenges, and plan to have similar opportunities for Artist Shops in the future. The use of the licensed properties will be in a way that follows a pre-designated contractual agreement along with a strict approval process per design. However, at this moment, Licensed Properties for Threadless Design Challenges does not allow for the same licensed content in Artist Shops. 

Threadless may, in its sole discretion and without prior notice, reserve the right to immediately suspend, disable, limit or terminate your account or Artist Shop and discontinue the relationship with any users that Threadless.com determines in its sole discretion are in violation of the Terms of Use.