Pattern Marketplace Terms & Conditions

 

Welcome to Lion Brand®’s Pattern Marketplace. These Terms and Conditions ("Terms") govern your use of our platform as an independent pattern designer. By signing up and uploading patterns to our website, you agree to comply with and be bound by the following Terms.

1. Eligibility and Account Registration
1.1. By registering, you affirm that you are the rightful owner of all content you upload and have the legal authority to sell your patterns. 1.2. You agree to provide accurate and up-to-date information when creating an account.

2. Pattern Submission and Approval
2.1. All submitted patterns must exclusively use Lion Brand® Yarn products. 2.2. Each pattern will be available for sale as an individual download and as part of a kit that includes the required Lion Brand® Yarn. 2.3. We reserve the right to review, approve, reject, or remove any pattern at our discretion without prior notice. 2.4. By submitting a pattern, you confirm that you own the rights to the pattern and that it is your original work. Lion Brand® is not responsible for patterns uploaded by individuals who do not own the rights.

3. Pricing and Commission
3.1. Designers set the price for their patterns. 3.2. Lion Brand® retains a 15% commission on each pattern sale; designers receive 85% of the price they set. 3.3. If a customer purchases a kit (pattern + Lion Brand® Yarn), the designer still receives 85% of the pattern price. 3.4. Lion Brand® retains 100% of the revenue from yarn sales.

4. Intellectual Property and Copyright
Designers are prohibited from uploading content that includes copyrighted, trademarked, or licensed characters or franchises unless they have explicit authorization. If any intellectual property disputes arise, the designer is solely responsible for resolving them.

You represent and warrant that you own or control all rights necessary to submit your pattern and to grant the license in Section 10; that you have obtained written releases from every identifiable person appearing in your Submitted Content and from the owner of any identifiable property; that any minor's appearance is authorized by a parent or legal guardian; and that your Submitted Content does not infringe or violate the rights of any third party. You agree to indemnify Lion Brand® against any claim arising from a breach of this Section.

5. Customer Support and Pattern Accuracy
5.1. Designers must provide accurate, complete, and tested patterns. 5.2. Lion Brand® is not responsible for any inaccuracies or errors in uploaded patterns. 5.3. Designers must provide an active email address where customers can contact them for pattern support. 5.4. Designers are solely responsible for responding to customer inquiries and resolving any issues related to their patterns. 5.5. If issues arise and customers inform us that they are not receiving adequate support, Lion Brand® reserves the right to remove the designer’s patterns from the site and ban the designer from uploading future patterns.

6. Removal and Termination
6.1. Lion Brand® reserves the right to remove any pattern at any time, for any reason. 6.2. If a designer is found in violation of these Terms, their account may be suspended or terminated without notice. 6.3. Designers may request to remove their patterns from the platform; however, past sales will not be refunded or reversed.

7. Limitation of Liability
7.1. Lion Brand® is not liable for any losses, damages, or legal issues resulting from patterns uploaded by designers. 7.2. Lion Brand® is not responsible for any customer disputes related to pattern accuracy, usability, or copyright claims.

8. Modifications to Terms
8.1. Lion Brand® reserves the right to update these Terms at any time. 8.2. Continued use of the platform after modifications constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

9. Governing Law
9.1. These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of New Jersey. 9.2. Any disputes shall be resolved through arbitration in the state of New Jersey, unless otherwise required by law.

10. License to Lion Brand

10.1 Submitted Content. "Submitted Content" means the pattern and all materials you upload, submit, or provide in connection with the Marketplace, including photographs, video, illustrations, charts, schematics, pattern text, titles, descriptions, and tutorials, together with your name, username, handle, likeness, voice, biography, and social media identifiers as they appear in or accompany your submission.

10.2 License grant. By submitting Submitted Content, you grant Lion Brand Yarn Company and its affiliates a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, fully paid-up, transferable, and sublicensable right and license to use, reproduce, distribute, publicly display, publicly perform, adapt, edit, crop, resize, retouch, translate, and create derivative works from the Submitted Content, in whole or in part, alone or combined with other content, in any and all media now known or later developed. This includes use in advertising, marketing, promotion, merchandising, editorial and instructional content, catalogs, packaging, point of sale and in store materials, email, our websites and mobile applications, organic and paid social media, public relations, trade materials, and materials distributed by our retail partners, distributors, and licensees.

10.3 No additional compensation. The commission structure in Section 3 is your sole compensation in connection with the Marketplace. You are not entitled to any royalty, fee, or other payment for the uses described in this Section 10.

10.4 Attribution and moral rights. Lion Brand may, but is not required to, credit you by name, username, or social handle. To the fullest extent permitted by law, you waive and agree not to assert any moral rights or rights of attribution or integrity in the Submitted Content.

10.5 What you keep. You retain ownership of your pattern. This license is non-exclusive, and you remain free to license or sell your pattern elsewhere, subject to Section 2. Lion Brand will not sell or distribute the full pattern instructions as a standalone product outside the Marketplace and its associated kits without your written consent.

10.6 Third party platforms. You authorize Lion Brand to submit the Submitted Content to third party platforms, including Meta, Pinterest, YouTube, TikTok, Google, and retail partner sites, subject to those platforms' terms.

10.7 Survival. The license in this Section 10 survives removal of your pattern, closure or termination of your account, and any termination of these Terms. Lion Brand is not required to recall, withdraw, or destroy any materials already produced, printed, published, or distributed.

By signing up and uploading patterns, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to these Terms.

Contact Information: For any inquiries regarding these Terms, please contact us at [email protected].