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Nei Nei
Nei Nei aka Renee is a 24.3 year old girl, has been a member since March 22, 2007, has scored 1,267 submissions, giving an average score of 2.47, helping 32 designs get printed.
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This is my first blog on Threadless :D but on a rather unfortunate note. :/

I recently received a catalogue from an Australian clothing chain called Best & Less in the mail, and noticed a boy's pajama set with exactly the same x-ray dog motif as this shirt. No effort made to alter the design at all, save for a slightly different placement and a few lines of text.

See pajama set here (page 6&7, top left hand corner). There's even an "enlarge image" option so you can see the offending item close up:

Link

I know it can be difficult to pin smaller clothing labels on plagiarism of Threadless tee designs (especially if they slightly alter the design but retain the overall concept), but Best & Less is a relatively large clothing chain in Australia and frankly I'm surprised they thought they could get away with something like this.

So if you are a Threadless fan and live in Australia, please boycott shopping at Best & Less. And if you have never shopped there before, please continue! :D

renfrue
   renfrue on Aug 18 '09 at 1:06am
wow, good eye

NiNTH WHEEL
   NiNTH WHEEL on Aug 18 '09 at 1:07am
Nice catch.

clickable link

Send Threadless an email with the link and let theOtherFesta (lawyer) have at it.
Nei Nei
Nei Nei on Aug 18 '09 at 4:15am
I already did, I doubt if there's much they can do about it though.
184 days later
4_scooby
4_scooby on Feb 18 '10 at 8:11pm
I am a teacher that loves Threadless. :)

I get so many comments on this tee and the teaching thing adds some irony. The plagiarism thing is a crapper. What is it w/everybody?
112 days later
epistaxis2008
epistaxis2008 on Jun 10 '10 at 11:42pm
both links tell me not available in my area...is there any way to prove which came out first...like 'prior art' in coptyright and patenting
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