A call to shun tee-shirt knock-offs
Organizers of the Haddonfield Here For Good campaign, which is raising funds to support local businesses through the sale of tee-shirts, have identified three websites that are selling bootleg copies of their copyrighted design.
They urge Haddonfield residents and others who are planning to purchase shirts to shop ONLY on HaddonfieldHereForGood.com.
Bob Hochgertel, one of the organizers of the campaign, said “The problem, of course, is that none of the monies paid to these pirate online stores will ever make it back to our downtown small businesses.”
The three sites selling the bootleg shirts are:
In addition to tee-shirts, the sites are selling other Haddonfield Here For Good-branded merchandise, including sweatshirts, hoodies, cell phone covers, and shopping bags. Some are available in a variety of colors.
Teechip.com has a “Report this campaign” link where interested parties can report intellectual property violations. Teecandal.com and Rocktee.store — which are essentially identical sites — have DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) notices that describe how to report intellectual property infringement.
“We are taking prompt and aggressive action to address this egregious infringement of our rights,” Hochgertel said.