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\nThis policy explains who owns what at Plant Ink, how we choose and name the plants we draw so that nobody else’s rights are stepped on, what you may and may not do with our plates, and how to raise a concern about a trademark, a design or any other intellectual property matter. It also sets the rules for the words you type into our personalisation fields. Copyright notices have their own page: see DMCA.
\nThe following are owned by Plant Ink or used with permission, and are protected by copyright, trademark and related laws:
\nWhat does not belong to us, or to anyone, is the plant itself. A species, its common name and its botanical name are part of the shared language of gardening. Our rights are in our particular drawings and words, not in the idea of drawing a pothos.
\nA shop that prints names on things has to be careful about whose names they are. These are the rules we draw by.
\n| Element | \nOur rule | \nExample | \n
|---|---|---|
| Illustration | \nOriginal design made for Plant Ink; never traced or lifted from another artist, a photograph we have no rights in, or a published print | \nThe specimen on Plate No. 8 is our own drawing of a trailing string of hearts | \n
| Common name | \nThe generic name gardeners use, written descriptively | \n“Golden Pothos”, “Sweet Pea”, “Purple Coneflower” | \n
| Botanical name | \nGenus and species in the accepted form, used to identify the plant drawn | \nEpipremnum aureum, Lathyrus odoratus, Echinacea purpurea | \n
| Cultivar and series names | \nLeft out wherever a name is, or might be, a protected trade name in the nursery trade. When unsure, we leave it out | \nA plate is titled by species, not by a branded variety | \n
| Brands of tools, soil, pots and fertiliser | \nNever shown or named, in artwork, titles or images | \nPots and labels in our drawings are plain | \n
| Logos, characters, teams, institutions | \nNever used | \nNo garden, society or programme emblem appears on a plate | \n
| Titles and programme names | \nNot used as product names or claims | \nWe do not name a collection after a volunteer gardening qualification | \n
Product titles always say what the item is: “Hoya Illustration T-Shirt”, not the plant name alone. This keeps listings honest about what is being sold, which is printed apparel and gifts and never live plants or seeds, and it makes clear that a plant name is describing the artwork.
\nWe describe our work as original illustration and original design, and we describe the method as printed. We take care to label each plant correctly, but we do not present the plates as scientific reference material.
\nBuying a piece gives you the piece. It does not transfer any rights in the illustration printed on it.
\nThree pieces carry text you supply: a name on the collector’s line of the Monstera tee (up to 22 characters), a garden name on the Sweet Pea sweatshirt (up to 24 characters), and a name or garden name on the Nasturtium garden apron (up to 20 characters). We print it exactly as typed and send no proof first.
\nBecause the wording is yours, so is the responsibility for it. Please type:
\nPlease do not type:
\nBy submitting text you confirm you have the right to have it printed. If we cannot print what was submitted, we will email you to ask for different wording or cancel that item and refund it. Changes to wording are possible within 24 hours of ordering; see Cancel or Change an Order. The fuller terms are in section 5 of the Terms of Service.
\nA gift for a grandmother. A daughter in Ohio orders the Sweet Pea sweatshirt and types “Nana June’s Herb Patch”. That is a family name for a family garden. It is hers to use, and it is exactly what the field is for.
\nA community garden. Six members of a community garden each order a piece and want the garden’s name on the apron. If the name is the group’s own and the group agrees, that is fine. If the garden is run by an organisation with its own name and emblem, type the plain name the members use among themselves and leave the organisation’s official mark out of it.
\nA shop or a brand. Someone would like the name of a local nursery, or of a well-known gardening brand, on the collector’s line. Unless they own that business, we ask for different wording. A plate that reads as merchandise for somebody else’s business is not something we can print.
\n“Plant Ink” and our logo identify this shop. Please do not use them as your own, register them, or build a name or logo around them.
\nWe aim never to show anyone else’s mark. If a third-party name ever does appear on the site, for example the payment provider shown at checkout, it belongs to its owner and is there only to identify that service. Its presence does not mean that owner sponsors or endorses Plant Ink.
\nWe would rather hear about a concern than not. For copyright in a specific artwork, photograph or text, please use the notice process on the DMCA page. For anything else, such as a trademark, a registered design, a protected plant variety name or a right of publicity, email support@plantink.shop with the subject “IP concern” and include:
\nYou can also post the same information to Plant Ink, 10835 Flying Nell Ct, Las Vegas, NV 89141, US.
\nWe reply by email within 24 hours on business days to confirm we have your report. We then look at the plate or page against the right you describe. If the concern is well founded, we change or remove the content and tell you. If we need something more to understand it, we ask before deciding. If we do not agree, we explain why. A plant-name concern is often the simplest to settle: where a name turns out to be a protected trade name, we retitle or withdraw the plate.
\nOur plates are sold only at plantink.shop. If you see one on another site, we did not put it there. An email with the page address is all we need, and we are grateful for it. Please do not confront the seller on our behalf.
\nCustomers often tell us which plant they would like to see next. If you send an idea, a suggestion or feedback, we may use it freely and without payment, including by drawing that plant. We will never publish your name or message without your permission. Please do not send us finished artwork or designs to consider; we draw our own plates and do not accept unsolicited submissions.
\nIf you would like to use one of our images or a passage of our text for something beyond what section 3 allows, for example in a publication or a talk, ask first. Email support@plantink.shop with the subject “Permission request”, tell us which content, where it would appear and for how long. Permission is given in writing only, and silence is not consent.
\nFor any question about this policy, write to support@plantink.shop. Support is by email only. Related pages: DMCA, Terms of Service, About Us and Contact Us.
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