copyright
Is it legal to cut a used designer clothing found at a thrift shop and remake it into a bean bag with the original logo on it and sell it
<p>What if made out of ruined pieces of designer clothing, a new piece of clothing like a bag and sell it. As recycled clothing. Is this a legal and viable business strategy, or would this infringe upon the copyrights and trademarks of the designer? Would there be liability associated with this business plan?Because I have access to a lot of destroyed designer clothing for an inexpensive price. And there are people who would probably like to buy a bag out of recycled/unwanted material from for example NIKE, with the nike logo on it.</p>

<p>By the doctrine of First Sale, there isn't a copyright issue in taking a physical object that you have lawfully purchasing and transforming it into a new object. From a trademark point of view, it's not illegal to indicate that something is <em>made out</em> of material from a particular brand. But you could get trouble if your presentation of a trademark is seen as indicating that the object was <em>made by</em> the company. If Nike really wanted to go after you, they could claim that the possibility of, for instance, shoddy stitching, could be erroneously attributed to them. You would have to take care to make it clear that this is reused material.</p>
