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Copyright success!
I went to quote on a job recently and parked next to a garage that I had previousy quoted and produced layouts for various signs that they required. I didn’t get the job. They are down a side street and if you didn’t know they were there probably never know they existed. Anyway I did notice that the signs they had were identical in every way to my layout except for 3 underlines. So after reading all the threads about copyright I decided that as my layouts were dated and copyrighted that I had nothing to lose but a few minutes of my time. So I sent them a little letter and attached a copy of the copyrighted layouts and sent it by recorded post. I checked every now and then on the post office site to check when it was delivered. Needless to say everytime I checked it said that at that time it had not been delivered. So I had resigned myself to thinking that they were a dodgy outfit that didn’t sign for recorded letters of unknown origin.
So as I’m a bit busy I forgot about it and carried on as normal.Guess what turned up in the post today???? A check for £40.00. RESULT! 😀
Ok it’s not a fortune but a principal upheld. It may have been my line about suing them for the whole price of the job that did it. Anyway I am a happy bunny and 40 quid better off!
I forgot to mention as well that I quoted for the job 3 years ago! Even I didn’t think it had been that long. -
8 Replies
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top man well done now spend the £40 on yourself
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quote Mike Grant:Ok it’s not a fortune but a principal upheld.I totally agree!
Nice one Mike and 3 years later aswell, can’t you try and claim interest on that…..send them another letter 😀
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quote Martin Cole:quote Mike Grant:Ok it’s not a fortune but a principal upheld.I totally agree!
Nice one Mike and 3 years later aswell, can’t you try and claim interest on that…..send them another letter 😀
Sorta thing you’d do Martin :lol1:
Well Done Mike
Great to hear a success story once in a whileI hope you’re going to spread your new found wealth around your family
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result!!!! after 3yrs too!
makes me wanna send a bill to the poodle place who used my designs on their two cars -different cars but my designs – as per what I put on their shop, that was 4yrs ago, what do ya think? lol
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Well done Mike. Good on you mate.
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I’m an advocate of not letting these toe rags get away with it and I’m pleased to hear of your success. You just have to look like you mean business for the weakest to capitulate.
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Good work!
It was worth a try and it worked out.
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Well done, it was companies like this who pretty much made me close my doors!
I still see a SMART car driving around with my design on it!
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