You file cases based on where the crime occurred or based on the defendents location if I remember right. So filing in an Arizona court would make sense
I might have that backwards but I'm pretty sure it's based on the defendent. Like 65%sure 😅
You can file in any court as long as you can make a sound argument that the litigative action impacted or involved the people, places or products of that state I think
It’s insanely difficult to argue if it’s a state that neither party inhabits, but it can be done if done right
Also was this a post on twitter? I don't see anything here on bsky so maybe they've been bullied enough here that they're not wanting to add fire, though I'm surprised they haven't pulled down the incriminating post during all this either
However small, you have my and all of your fan's support. I wish there was more I could do or say, your small business makes me happy and to see all of this and the last few months breaks my heart.
This is... actually crazy. Are they BEYOND delusional? I am so sorry y'all have to deal with this. I was looking into purchasing some stuff from you a bit ago, this just gives me more reasons to. I really hope this'll go smoothly for you <3
I'd like to start by saying that I'm so sorry you're in this situation. I hope the silver lining will be they'll finally receive the feedback they deserve.
I made a design "for" them many years ago. This was our correspondence (🧵).
I just wanted to pay my medical bills. Instead I never saw a dime.
I wrote directly to varka about the final design. I felt it deviated away from what allegedly won the lab's vote, and appeared closer to my design than before. I didn't get a reply.
It sucks, but I don't feel like my experience was an isolated event either.
Ooof the first few posts had me confused but still annoyed over them misleading you so much but then that last one really shows that things went wrong. As in BD really fucked up or at least it looks that way or someone on the team accidentally used your sketch
Thanks for clarifying, but it's alright, I didn't understand it as you were defending them!
Currently I only have my phone to organize and edit everything, but I agree, I do think I could have done a bit better with the screenshots though!
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Even if there was any validity whatsoever to these accusations, they're a huge company with contracts with corporate pr0n studios and they're going after a small artisan. Really bad optics. That and legitimate dick move.
They won't do that because I'm betting they will use the difference in waist and leg bands to prove that it is original. 😩 which I'm hoping shouldn't matter since the actual issue is the print and art which are protected
Remember that their current logo, the one they stamp all toys with, is a knock off of a smaller artist's design that they went after because the shirts said "Bad Dragon" on it?
Visual representation of everything those aholes are guilty of at this point. I mean apart from being zoos, going incredibly down hill in quality and the above stuff on top of...
iirc she sketched it and I inked/colored it or smth like that but yeah that situation will never not be funny to me, literally right after the C&D they changed it. did something new happen?
Product met with backlash -> “misinformation campaign” is wilddd.??
Hope yall come out on top :( this sucks to come back to the community to see. Can’t wait to support yall w my dollars in the near future!! .0.
Might as well order multiple reprints. More = more times you can wear it. I always go back to order more underwear if I love it and fear it'll be discontinued in the future (for normal stuff and not made to order stuff)
They did tease YCH stuff in a post tho so maybe you'll be able to do both?
Ugh I love the legalise bullshit they put out. The "we do not use any protected or proprietary elements of others" part especially. Good luck with this
I hope they realize that the community remembers and has a long, long memory when it comes to stuff like this and will rally around you guys to fend them off. I hope their business suffers both financially and in reputation because of this.
"misinformation campaign" as if they didn't do exactly what they're being accused of doing. There are so many ways they could have walked this back and still saved face, but no, let's threaten legal action on the company we just blatantly ripped off instead. 🙄
For real I have little to no money but if yall started a go fund me or something for legal fees im id throw what little I can and I am sure others will follow.
They’re showing that their brand is so big they think they can get away with anything just like any big corporation however what they don’t realize is that eventually big corporations fall because of these type of actions sooner or later & karma will hit them hard since they’ve done this before
Thaaat part. Any company large enough to namedrop their legal team like that believes they are too big too fail and under no obligation whatsoever to behave ethically.
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This is the court filling where it shows Mike Sullivan being an absolute idiot. They lost this case and the first one
I might have that backwards but I'm pretty sure it's based on the defendent. Like 65%sure 😅
It’s insanely difficult to argue if it’s a state that neither party inhabits, but it can be done if done right
Wishing you the best of luck!
Sure feels like a big company trying to bully a small business with legal threats, if you ask me 🤷
We're with you.
Asshat lizards
I'm not surprised to see that they are still pulling shady shit. They've been bullies since they started.
I made a design "for" them many years ago. This was our correspondence (🧵).
I just wanted to pay my medical bills. Instead I never saw a dime.
It sucks, but I don't feel like my experience was an isolated event either.
I don't want to make it sound like I'm defending BD it is just hard to compare exact details of a sketch to the 3-d model
They should have payed you even if it was an accident
Currently I only have my phone to organize and edit everything, but I agree, I do think I could have done a bit better with the screenshots though!
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https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/Pull+the+other+one!
I needed them anyway since my tits and ass have grown a ton since I got my first set last year and I thought this was as good a time as any.
CFT had a drop of some patterns I wanted. I put them in my cart asap.
They sold out before I could check out.
I vented on Twitter about it.
They decided to do a custom order just for me.
And their quality is peak.
Huge CFT W
Even if there was any validity whatsoever to these accusations, they're a huge company with contracts with corporate pr0n studios and they're going after a small artisan. Really bad optics. That and legitimate dick move.
Literally anyone else would be like "Sorry, I didn't realize it looked so closely like yours, let's change it so it doesn't look like we copied"
And they didn't even post the shit here. Wow.
People can copy and use patterns others made freely which is why dupes are fully legal. (For name brand stuff )
absolute garbage human behavior
I found the Twitter post https://x.com/squeedgemonster/status/685289037943312385?s=46
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/18727042/
https://x.com/PartyPrat/status/1919109366239690848
Hope yall come out on top :( this sucks to come back to the community to see. Can’t wait to support yall w my dollars in the near future!! .0.
Was waiting for another opening but ill just do a reprint :)
They did tease YCH stuff in a post tho so maybe you'll be able to do both?
Idk why i thought of that when you mentioned having other sonas but it was too funny(to me) not to share
Gods, they suck