{"id":13379,"date":"2025-02-21T05:45:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T22:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=13379"},"modified":"2025-02-21T05:45:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T22:45:05","slug":"one-of-the-largest-retailers-in-america-is-trying-to-silence-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=13379","title":{"rendered":"One of the largest retailers in America is trying to silence me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>One of the largest corporations and retailers in America is not only selling a dupe of my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogilates.com\/blog\/happy-birthday-to-my-first-design-patent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">patented Pirouette Skort design<\/a>, but they also threatened to SUE ME for speaking up about it. Yeah. When I sent a cease and desist to stop selling the dupe, that\u2019s the response I received from their legal team. On my birthday, btw.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the dupe, the \u201cTutu Skort\u201d by a brand called Gottex.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-46369\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogilates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_6014.png?resize=658%2C644&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"nordstrom stealing popflex pirouette skort design dupe gottex\" width=\"658\" height=\"644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogilates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_6014.png?w=2316&amp;ssl=1 2316w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogilates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_6014.png?resize=300%2C294&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogilates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_6014.png?resize=1024%2C1003&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogilates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_6014.png?resize=768%2C752&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogilates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_6014.png?resize=1536%2C1504&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogilates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_6014.png?resize=2048%2C2006&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogilates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_6014.png?resize=194%2C190&amp;ssl=1 194w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogilates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_6014.png?w=2160&amp;ssl=1 2160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>I mean, they even had ZERO SHAME making the exact same color as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.popflexactive.com\/collections\/viral-products\/products\/pirouette-skort-with-pockets-digital-lavender?utm_source=blogilates.com&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=syndicate_ig_nordstrom_cassey02.20.25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my lilac Pirouette<\/a> that went viral after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogilates.com\/blog\/taylor-swift-pirouette-skort\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taylor Swift wore it<\/a>. The other two color options are also exact copies of POPFLEX colors. Did they not think anyone would notice? Or do they just know they\u2019re the big fish and bet on me doing nothing about it? Prob the latter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stockanalysis.com\/stocks\/jwn\/market-cap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nordstrom<\/a> is worth 4 billion dollars. They have 54,000 employees and 351 stores in the US. But they chose to infringe on my patent instead of oh\u2026idk\u2026 WORK WITH ME?!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogilates.com\/blog\/taylor-swift-pirouette-skort\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-46370\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogilates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_4729.jpg?resize=638%2C926&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"taylor swift wearing popflex pirouette skort digital lavender\" width=\"638\" height=\"926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogilates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_4729.jpg?w=1179&amp;ssl=1 1179w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogilates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_4729.jpg?resize=207%2C300&amp;ssl=1 207w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogilates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_4729.jpg?resize=706%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogilates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_4729.jpg?resize=768%2C1115&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogilates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_4729.jpg?resize=1058%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1058w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogilates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_4729.jpg?resize=131%2C190&amp;ssl=1 131w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"nectar-button small undefined\" href=\"https:\/\/www.popflexactive.com\/products\/pirouette-skort-with-pockets-digital-lavender?utm_source=blogilates.com&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=syndicate_ig_nordstrom_cassey02.20.25\" data-color-override=\"false\" data-hover-color-override=\"false\" data-hover-text-color-override=\"undefined\"><span>SHOP PIROUETTE SKORT<\/span><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>Fun fact: I was granted the patent for this skort (my very first design patent!) on my birthday last year! The application process takes a lot of time and effort, which is one reason why they are not always an option for small businesses. And as you can see, a patent doesn\u2019t always deter a big corporation from stealing a design.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.popflexactive.com\/pages\/patents?srsltid=AfmBOoo81OM3WdlFnAd2BuGP2a5KCC712dQQgbLXU5Mehd6vw9xuFOz9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-46376\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogilates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9778.jpg?resize=668%2C1008&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"popflex pirouette skort design patent\" width=\"668\" height=\"1008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogilates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9778.jpg?w=1076&amp;ssl=1 1076w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogilates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9778.jpg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogilates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9778.jpg?resize=678%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 678w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogilates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9778.jpg?resize=768%2C1159&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogilates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9778.jpg?resize=1018%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1018w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogilates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_9778.jpg?resize=126%2C190&amp;ssl=1 126w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sadly, my story is nothing new. Corporate America is full of twisted greed, where big corporations steal an independent designer\u2019s creation and make money off of the product while the original designer goes unpaid. Instead, they pay their lawyers to gaslight and threaten to sue anyone who tries to fight back.<\/p>\n<p>But nah.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not how I do business.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nordstrom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nordstrom<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gottexstudio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gottex Studio<\/a> are treating me like an annoying little insect they can squash at any moment with their big bully corporate dollars. Well guess what? Corporations are run on money from the consumer \u2013 YOUR HARD EARNED DOLLARS. Without your money, they have nothing. I can\u2019t believe they don\u2019t understand that??<\/p>\n<p>WELL LET\u2019S MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND.<\/p>\n<p>I need your help to share this video and EXPOSE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nordstrom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nordstrom<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gottexstudio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gottex Studio<\/a>. It\u2019s time we all stand up to the big corporations that walk all over small businesses like mine. This is happening too often to people who pour their souls into their creations but cannot afford the money, energy, and time it takes to fight back.<\/p>\n<p>I tried to keep this classy and private but unfortunately their behavior left me with no choice but to make this a very public matter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-40823 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blogilates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cassey-Signature.webp?resize=183%2C137&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blogilates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cassey-Signature.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.blogilates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cassey-Signature-253x190.webp 253w\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"137\"\/><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogilates.com\/blog\/popflex-nordstrom-rack-dupe\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the largest corporations and retailers in America is not only selling a dupe of my patented Pirouette Skort design, but they also threatened to SUE ME for speaking up about it. 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When I sent a cease and desist to stop selling the dupe, that\u2019s the response I received from their legal team. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}