Hi there.
So I am thinking about selling some of my graphic designs using my own photos and own fonts online (not as a business - just on a site like eBay or Etsy) for a bit of extra money. I think that's all legal under Intellectual Property Law if I'm correct? Unless selling photopaper that says a company name on it is illegal?
I literally know next to nothing about Intellectual Property Law so please forgive my naivety. What I'm really not sure about is I want to sell these printouts in photo frames because people will be more likely to buy things already in a nice frame. I am no carpenter and can't just make my own frames. So, I was wondering if it was legal to sell my prints in frames purchased from IKEA or Officeworks or from some big company like that without their permission.
Obviously, I would take off all the brand stickers and not advertise the fact the frames were bought there. I know its very unlikely that they would even ever find out that I am reselling like a couple of their frames online as an individual seller and not even a company/business but I don't want to do anything illegal that could get me in trouble!
Oh, and I wouldn't be making profit out of the frames themselves. I would sell them at the retail price I buy them for and they would just be an addition to the prints (that I would be making profit from).
What do you think? Is everything I want to attempt legal and can I resell other company's frames this way? Any recommendations?
So I am thinking about selling some of my graphic designs using my own photos and own fonts online (not as a business - just on a site like eBay or Etsy) for a bit of extra money. I think that's all legal under Intellectual Property Law if I'm correct? Unless selling photopaper that says a company name on it is illegal?
I literally know next to nothing about Intellectual Property Law so please forgive my naivety. What I'm really not sure about is I want to sell these printouts in photo frames because people will be more likely to buy things already in a nice frame. I am no carpenter and can't just make my own frames. So, I was wondering if it was legal to sell my prints in frames purchased from IKEA or Officeworks or from some big company like that without their permission.
Obviously, I would take off all the brand stickers and not advertise the fact the frames were bought there. I know its very unlikely that they would even ever find out that I am reselling like a couple of their frames online as an individual seller and not even a company/business but I don't want to do anything illegal that could get me in trouble!
Oh, and I wouldn't be making profit out of the frames themselves. I would sell them at the retail price I buy them for and they would just be an addition to the prints (that I would be making profit from).
What do you think? Is everything I want to attempt legal and can I resell other company's frames this way? Any recommendations?