Thor

OS = operating system. In your case windows 7. So just the same as Terry uses. In order to help you, you could post screenshots of what you see. Just attach them to the post.

Dummy proof. Well done Terry!

Welcome! If you browse the board you'll find lots of advice on tools. It just isn't all in one spot. So you'll have to search a bit.

Too bad the pictures aren't better.

I'm truly impressed.

You are probably using the wrong link. Photobucket gives you four options. Use the "Direct" one.

There should be a voting feature here. I'm with Andrew.

Sharing that info would be nice

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Sorry for being imprecise. I was talking about your blanket and cutting mat. The stone looks much better.

Using someone's logo in general is considered copyright infringement if a written permission isn't existing. Verbal agreements are hard to prove. A school's logo merely is the intellectual copyright of the school district. The school usually owns the copyright and asks the district for approval if it's being changed. Asking for written permission with the principal should be sufficient. However, there's a mistake in the process as you would need a copyright release for use (printing it on the product) and selling. Those are two different things. The easiest would be to make the products and sell them to the school as a retailer. This way a copyright release wouldn't needed as it would be made upon request of the school.

Amazing work.

I think it would look a lot nicer if you would dye the edges with that kind/color of leather. Also a different background would compliment your product. Other than that, good job!

Reading Stohlman's encyclopedia of saddle making would help

Thanks for the feedback Denise and Tosch. The Smithonian book is really worth reading and a great source of information.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cowboy-Leather-Skiver-Machine-in-SLEEK-LIGHT-GRAY-/281596550073?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4190765bb9 here you go. I'm sure there are lots of other places, too. Tandy has one for a lot of more many and there is a fellow on the board (forgot the name though) who would be able to get you one as well.

It's called meta information ;-) Fireworks not Firefox, but I guess we mean the same thing. It also has an export feature. Didn't use it in a while so I don't really know the path to it right now, but it's easy. Just in case ... http://help.adobe.com/en_US/fireworks/cs/using/fireworks_cs5_help.pdf review pages 217 through 219 or use dummies guide here http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-crop-images-in-adobe-fireworks-cs5.html. The first one is more export specific. The second one is more about cropping and exporting.

Kymberly, since you are using CS5 on a Mac it would be easiest to use your export to web function and set the JPG quality to 75%. That's good enough. That way your pictures should be no bigger than 150 kb even if they are 1200 px in width. If you are having CS5 I would use Fireworks for this kind of job as the compression rate is much better. Fireworks is the better program for the web than Photoshop.

You are right about the description. I like the topic in itself as it can happen to anyone here, so I want to touch on this a bit more. The source for legal ramification would be the claim he makes in his patent. "CLAIM The ornamental design for a band having spaced bullet cartridge elements, as shown and described." The words bullet cartridge, shown and described are the basis for his claim. However, the description is further limited by the stated references as well as the drawings. The description is the substance for the claim. This is what this individual didn't understand. His drawings show a dog collar, very easily identifiable by the d-ring in Fig. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. I probably wouldn't make a belt with a d-ring instead of a loop. Further, his design is limited to a certain type of shotgun shell concho. His doesn't show an outer line border. Compare these https://www.google.de/search?q=shotgun+concho&num=50&newwindow=1&client=ubuntu&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=cir9VKw06-bJA8WTgfgG&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1345&bih=823&gws_rd=cr Therefore the design is already changed by using a different type concho. Further, like one person stated prior, there is a substantial difference between a bullet and a shotgun shell. The description is missing the keyword "alterations" which would make it more difficult. He kept his description brief and referred to the drawings, which makes them part of the description. Also a concho has never been a part of a bullet cartridge. It is an individual element manufactured by a company for decoration purposes and is only designed like the head portion of a bullet cartridge. Therefore it has never been an element of such. The story ends here already. Next, if the design is inspected thoroughly one can see a certain and repeatedly same distance from the edge of the concho to the edge of the band. This would have to be measured or given a percentage, but a change in this distance would also change the design and so on... I wouldn't even bother to patent such a design. There's nothing to patent just as much as there is no point to patent something if one is not getting specific about it. I don't know for the US, but Canada and Germany are pretty much the same. If there is something out there that is somewhat the same, you're not able to patent. It looks like this is what the examiners in this case were trying to do as they cited various styles, of which non related to a dog collar, but belts and jewelry. On a side note, this is just a US patent and not an international patent. For a very basic insight this problematic please refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIPS_Agreement. One can see that from the 192 independent countries 158 countries agreed to this treaty. The remainder (34 countries) doesn't have to care about intellectual property from other countries. Further the individual patent must be valid for at least 20 years, which is rare, to fall under the protection of this treaty. This one clearly doesn't. Therefore, if a Canadian decides to make and sell it within Canada, it's not a problem. I am waiting for someone to patent onions or pickles on a burger or the way how to add ketchup or mustard...

I found this shop today. www.sewtex.de Don't know if they are any good and it looks like he's only carrying clones, but I thought I let you know. Maybe this is something for you.

Patent refers to a dog collar and not just any type of strap or belt. That is very specific. I did some brief search too and thought you might like to know. According to his picture on Etsy, this would be him, unless there is another Adam Benjamin in Cheyenne, WY Source: http://www.custislaw.net/home/criminal-lawyer-news-3-recent-plea-deals-in-wyoming.html You won't hear of him for a long time, cause: Source: http://www.wyomingnews.com/articles/2014/06/27/news/20local_06-27-14.txt#.VPwJk9_0-Mk Local man gets 40 years for sexually abusing 9-year-old