Go to the other Forum and contact Harry Martin.
He does the cartoons for the Concourier and other places.
He's done most of the OtP T-shirts with drawings of C-10's and C-14's.
I'm pretty sure that he used to sell T-shirts thru Café Press too.
He can either help you or point you in another direction.
Thanks Harry.
I didn't have anything labeling it as Kawasaki or Concours or anything in the file name and nothing within the shirt naming either. And yes, this is a one-off for myself. We are all getting shirts made and instead of using the one motorcycle clip-art they have on their site, I wanted to make one with my own image.
I will try and remove the Kawasaki text on the image and see what happens. If it fails again, then I will just go with what my buddy came up with.
That tells me that human eyes looked at your art and decided it was a trademark violation. I would have flagged the art as well.
If you remove the text, it may pass. Just don't know if CafePress locked down your store for that one incident.
The problem is "Kawasaki".
Remove that and any text that even hints at "Kawasaki" and try again.
You might get away with having "Kawasaki" in the image.
Problem is, Big K has no sense of humor and is very sensitive on how it's brand is used or protrayed.
Years ago, I tried to obtain a license to use the "Kawasaki" brand name for my own CafePress store and was eventually rejected.
The only way Kawasaki found out about my store was because I used "Kawasaki" to describe the products.
They have a ROBOT that crawls the web as well, looking for copyright and trademark violators, which this CafePress store is, in this case.
Either make it impossible for their robot to find your store, or find another shirt store.
I thought about doing the same thing to sell my cartoons with the Kawasaki brand on the images, but decided to do that at a later time.
I don't like the CafePress store model and how they do business with artists, that is why you don't see my stuff there. When I am ready to do shirts again, I will be using a different company but I will also make sure the Kawasaki robots can't find my stores to shut me down.
Try describing your store with misspelled descriptions. Problem is, it makes it more difficult for customers to find your products.
Now, if you just want a single shirt for yourself, HIDE THE STORE from prying eyes and leave out any reference to "Kawasaki", "Concours", "C14", etc.
By the way...your image looks like it could be a licensed Kawasaki image. I would not want to copy that without someone's permission.
Good luck.
The problem is "Kawasaki".
Remove that and any text that even hints at "Kawasaki" and try again.
By the way...your image looks like it could be a licensed Kawasaki image. I would not want to copy that without someone's permission.
are you seriously telling me that someone here has gone to Kawasaki and asked their permission to use the words "kawasaki" , "concours" & "gtr" on these pages
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It would take too much time and effort to go after the one-offs who walk into a shop and have a t-shirt made with their trademark, but they do shut down stores that do not have a licence to use "Kawasaki" and that includes photos, even accidental photos that produce a for-profit product.