Finding the right gift to make February 14th a day to remember can be a tricky thing. Walking the stale path of heart-shaped boxes filled with chocolates, a dozen long-stemmed roses and reservations at a swanky restaurant just may not do the trick anymore. We’ve put together a sweet selection of designs that are sure to speed up Cupid’s good intentions. Summon up the courage to express your love or find suitable designs to equip your Shop for the big day of love.
Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve
A heart is THE symbol of love, but it doesn’t need to be that cliché red thing, does it? How about presenting a pixelated heart or showing heart in its anatomically correct form? On Valentine’s Day, a little originality goes a long, long way.
Make it Personal
It’s the little things that connect you with your lover—a shared hobby, a special song, a pet name. A tangible expression of these little sentiments in the form of a design can be the key that unlocks love’s door. Better yet: upload your favorite picture of the two of you together so that you can always be around… even when you’re not.
Walk the Talk
If poetry isn’t really your bag, you can cut straight to the chase and say it like it is. Apply your lover’s pet name to our fabrics or ask the big question on a T-shirt. Will you marry me?
Love Thy Nerd
A formula for love can be found for people with a penchant for numbers and mathematics. And maybe this will just prove the most original declaration of love, ever. You + Me = Forever!
Sooo Cuuute!
I mean really, what’s cuter than a little teenyweeny baby puppy, kitten, duckling or panda bear? Plaster any product with the very essence of cuteness and guess who the cute one will be once the present is opened!
Please note: It’s important for people to get their Valentine’s Presents in time for the big day, so please note and communicate our delivery times for Valentine’s Day!
What’s your take on Valentine’s Day – cheesy rubbish or a real love fest? Have any design ideas that you feel like sharing with us? We look forward to your feedback below.
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Thanks Leila. I was concerned initially because it didn’t seem to make sense. However with your latest reply, it does make more sense now, because it sounds like some form of licensing is indeed involved.
Thanks for the reply, and for clearing that up!
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Hello hwhi,
it´s not possible for us to explain all license deal details to you as you are a third party person and not directly involved. As I already wrote, you can use our „report design“ function on marketplace (under “design details”) if you have any concerns regarding special designs and than our asset management team will check it in detail. Overall we can not make any general statements regarding design issues, because it depends always on the individual case.
Kind regards
Leila from Spreadshirt
Hi Leila! No, nothing of mine has been infringed. This Spreadshirt help page:
https://www.spreadshirt.com/help-C1328/categoryId/310/articleId/841
…says “We will not print: Characters, images, actors or likenesses from cartoon networks, comic books, video games, movies, and television shows.”
So why do I see the Spreadshirt marketplace chock full of Darth Vader, Yoda, R2D2 and many other apparent violations of this rule by many different designers, none of which look like an official Disney/LucasFilm account? I doubt they all obtained licenses. The same goes for many other movies, games and franchises.
You “will not print”, and yet you do. Please explain. Thanks!
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Hi hwhit,
thanks for your comment. If you believe one of your designs has been infringed, please just send a message to verify@spreadshirt.com with the required DMCA information (https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2281).
Kind regards,
Leila from Spreadshirt
P.S. — and no, as anyone familiar with copyright/trademark law can tell you, changing minor details on a character DOES NOT affect I.P. protections, so moving one of R2D2’s air vents or lights (or whatever) does NOT make it okay. As long as an average person can still easily recognize what character (or other protected I.P. element) it’s supposed to represent, it’s still infringement, and MANY designs in the Marketplace very easily meet that standard.
Does Spreadshirt perhaps have a “site license” for various movie/game franchises, meaning we can all make designs involving their characters? If not, then what’s the explanation for why these items from many different designers are continually allowed in the Marketplace? Many even have “Star Wars” tags for searching!
Thanks in advance for the explanation.
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Can someone from Spreadshirt explain to me how the R2D2 design above, and dozens of other designs in the Marketplace that clearly and directly use Star Wars characters, are not flagrantly violating the intellectual property rights of Disney (new owner of LucasFilm)? Star Wars characters are presumably all both copyrighted and trademarked, and Disney is known to have a very aggressive legal department.
This same question also applies for MANY other movie/game/etc. intelletual property I see in countless Marketplace designs.
I find it hard to believe that all the many different designers of these shirts each have formal licensing agreements signed with all the holders of the relevant intellectual property. So what’s going on here? How is this allowed, Spreadshirt?
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