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Laibach Design Copyright Conditions

Kerstin Laibach is rare amongst designer goldsmiths by risking publication of her designs (including illustrated designs) in quantity for public internet viewing, including pre-publication designs sent to potential customers for their perusal. Most designers have traditionally kept a tight disclosure control to reduce the risk of copying or plagiarizing. However, with a web presence serving customers in all corners of the globe, potential clients need to be offered a broad choice of which designer pieces are available or realizable via photos or illustrations. Because of this online method of design disclosure, Atelier Laibach has laid out the following conditions to enable customers and site visitors to understand the basics of strict copyright control by Kerstin Laibach.

The final payment invoice to Laibach customers notes the condition category (from A to F) of the piece they have purchased. A web page link is also provided so that customers can be reminded of these design copyright conditions. You also agree to the conditions below while viewing this website and have agreed to them also if you have ticked the box on the order form or enquiry form to confirm that you have read and agreed to the terms and conditions when purchasing from Atelier Laibach.

Condition A Design Copyright.
NUMBERED COLLECTION PIECES (i.e. SEEN on WEBSITE OR ON DISPLAY AT ATELIER OR EXHIBITIONS)
Meaning ... Already handmade with or without customer-required adjustment:
Laibach does not relinquish any design copyrights based on the following condition:
All numbered pieces and varients of numbered pieces (currently available with or without adjustments) - either physical or graphic illustrations are designed by and strictly copyright owned by Kerstin Laibach. Customers may require small adjustments to readymade collection pieces to ensure comfort and fit. Such adjustments does not mean, under any circumstances, that any Laibach design copyright ownership of the piece is passed over to the customer.
Any Laibach designed numbered collection pieces with personalized adjustments made for a customer that are displayed by Laibach either on websites, brochure, other published materials, are displayed with permission of the customer.

Condition B Design Copyright.
NUMBERED COLLECTION PIECES (INCLUDING INSCRIBED NUMBERED COLLECTION PIECES)
Meaning ... Handmade to order (if shown piece already sold or shown piece is a graphic illustration*) OR an adjustment to an available collection piece:
Laibach does not relinquish any design copyrights based on the following condition:
All numbered pieces and varients of numbered pieces (currently available or made-to-order with or without adjustments) - either physical or graphic illustrations are designed by and strictly copyright owned by Kerstin Laibach. Customers are offered choices prior to ordering based on one or more numbered collection pieces. Variations on these collection piece designs chosen by customers, such as the use of different metals, stones, options or subtractions or relative proportion adjustments, and applied to the finished piece does not mean, under any circumstances, that any Laibach design copyright ownership of the piece is passed over to the customer.
Any Laibach designed numbered collection pieces with personalized adjustments made for a customer that are displayed by Laibach either on websites, brochure, other published materials, are displayed with permission of the customer.
Numbered pre-made collection pieces that have been sold may continue to be displayed by Laibach on websites, brochures or in other published materials without permission of the customer to whom the collection piece has been sold. On a customers final invoice, the numbered collection piece will be fully described and chosen adjustments noted. If a different precious metal alloy has been chosen and used as the main body of a numbered collection piece, the piece number may be accompanied by a letter (I.e. "s" to indicate silver or "pt" to indicate platinum etc.)

Condition C Design Copyright.
LAIBACH DESIGN AND CRAFTED BESPOKE
Meaning ... Handmade to order - Not a numbered collection piece - Requested as a "bespoke" order.
Laibach does not relinquish any design copyrights based on the following condition:
A bespoke order is a one-of-kind Laibach design made for an individual client and not repeated for another customer.
A bespoke piece is not part of the Laibach Collections and is not numbered. Bespoke Laibach designed pieces are copyright owned by Kerstin Laibach. Laibach offers a design based on a clients wishes and thereafter offers choices based on the initial design until the client is happy with the design choices. The client can request changes to the design in structure, but with Laibach physically initiating these changes as the designer, Laibach does not relinquish any copyrights. Kerstin Laibach also retains copyright of bespoke Laibach designed pieces based on other pieces designed by Laibach (by client's request).
Any bespoke pieces displayed by Atelier Laibach are labeled as such and are displayed only with the permission of the client. Although Laibach design bespoke pieces are not repeated, a client may be inspired by a displayed bespoke piece designed by Laibach. However, such a piece would be strictly designed significantly different enough to ensure no two bespoke designs are the same.

NOTE: Standard / plain band rings fall into our Condition "B" (still handmade to order) category and cannot be classified as bespoke ... This is because it is impossible to ensure that such simple shapes are unrepeatable. However, every band ring is individually crafted as "one-offs" so as to apply the many aesthetic and technical tunings which ensure the very best comfort and size, and therefore difference, for each individual client.

Condition D Design Copyright.
LAIBACH DESIGNED AND CRAFTED - BASED ON CUSTOMER WISHES:
A client may of course discuss their own thoughts of what they might wish as a design for a bespoke piece.  It is at Kerstin Laibach's professional discretion to determine whether a client's "design" ideas are technically feasible. Under no circumstances are design copyrights relinquished by Kerstin Laibach to the client.

Condition E Design Copyright.
LAIBACH REDESIGN RECRAFTED - TO BESPOKE ORDER:
Example: an old worn wedding band is submitted to Kerstin Laibach to be integrated into a new ring. The original wedding band may or may not be adjusted to be integrated into the new design. However, the original wedding ring retains its own copyright while the rest of the ring is design copyright owned by Kerstin Laibach (unless subject to conditions in D) The finished piece is stamped with the Laibach logo to officially show that the jewellery piece was crafted by Kerstin Laibach as a registered professional goldsmith. The stamp of the original piece of jewellery (if the stamped part of the original jewellery still exists in the new piece) will also be retained.
Redesigned pieces displayed by Atelier Laibach are labelled as such and are displayed only with the permission of the client.

Condition F Design Copyright.
LAIBACH CRAFTED - BASED ON CUSTOMER SPECIFIC DESIGN:
Under very rare exceptions only, design copyright relinquishment may be considered by Laibach atelier. The only condition through which copyright relinquishment this may be considered is if a client wishes to commission Kerstin Laibach to craft a specific piece entirely designed by the client. Such an exception requires the drawing up of a copyright transfer contract and substantial fee to be paid to Atelier Laibach.
Such a contract is only considered if:
1. Professionally drawn plans with exact measurements have been submitted to Laibach atelier and crafting (and structural stability) is technically achievable from such plans.
2. Proof of copyright has been provided by the client to ensure that the design is original and owned entirely by the client.
3. The contractual agreement will state that the client may not, under any circumstances, use the finished piece to create copies from it - such as casting, 3D printing etc. 
4. The client's design must appeal to the Laibach atelier and agreement to such copyright relinquishment is entirely at the discretion of Kerstin Laibach and would be subject to contract.
If additional design work by Atelier Laibach is required within this condition, extra costs are also applicable.
Kerstin Laibach has the right to choose whether or not to stamp the finished with the Laibach logo, which officially shows that the jewellery piece was crafted by Kerstin Laibach as a registered professional goldsmith. Atelier Laibach has the right to choose whether or not to display such pieces if design copyright has been relinquished to the client.

DESIGN / COPYRIGHT NOTES:

Kerstin Laibach does not accept bespoke requests for pieces or inscribed pieces which describe or depict offensive or extreme activities or in any way may be deemed uncivil or libelous. Kerstin Laibach does not accept requests to make pieces depicting weapons of any kind.

Laibach designs are unique and original. Laibach will never knowingly copy another goldsmith's design. Any Laibach design which may have a similar appearance to another jewellers design would be entirely coincidental and does not restrict Laibach's claim of its own design copyright.

Any person or persons found to be distinctly copying, recreating or selling Laibach designs constitutes a serious copyright infringement and such persons will be liable to prosecution under world copyright law.

Graphic Illustrations of some Laibach Designs ... a note by Kerstin Laibach.

"Jewellery photos seen throughout the Laibach website are photos of my real pieces. However, my design illustrations (indicated with a "*" by the description) seen on some "inscribed" jewellery pages - including the Veg*n Inscribed mini-site - are either hand-drawn or computer-drawn illustrations.
Illustrations created using graphic design programs in particular, give an augmented or unnatural impression; unfeasibly perfect and clinical, which does not accurately reflect the real world crafting of jewellery made entirely by hand. I do not use computer software to design my pieces. Subsequently, the actual finished piece - being entirely hand designed and handmade will have a more organic (natural) appearance. This mainly refers to the lines of hand-embossed inscription lettering and occasionally the position or quantity of design related shapes, which are added or adjusted for visual balancing.
Because I entirely hand-make my pieces, (including numbered collection designs) I work harmoniously with the natural anomalies (or natural imperfections) and an appealing tactile feel which hand crafting always adds to any piece, and thus gives it its own unique character."

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