Intellectual Property Policy

Last updated: November 11, 2026

This Intellectual Property Policy explains what Print Nook owns, what we will and will not print, how you may use the content of printnook.shop and how a rights holder can raise a trademark, design or likeness concern. Copyright notices have their own procedure on the DMCA page. The business behind this policy is Print Nook, 3007 Tabitha Drive, Franklin, TN 37064, US.

Original designs only

Everything in the shop is designed for the six places a print usually hangs: above the sofa, over the bed, the entryway, the stair landing, the mantel and the coffee corner. The designs are our own work. That is a rule about what we sell as well as a statement of ownership:

• No logos or brand marks. No print reproduces the logo, wordmark or packaging of any company.
• No sports teams, leagues, clubs or colleges. No crests, team colours presented as a team’s identity, mascots, player names or numbers.
• No characters. Nothing drawn from films, television, games, comics or books.
• No celebrity names or likenesses. No portraits, signatures or quotes attributed to public figures.
• No reproductions of other artists’ work. No copies or close imitations of an identifiable artwork or photograph.

A print that says “The Hendersons, Est. 2019” in our own lettering is original. So is a line-art landscape for the mantel or a set of four seasonal mini prints. If you ever see something in our shop that looks like it breaks the list above, tell us; the reporting steps are further down.

What you may type into a personalisation field

Some prints have text fields on the product page. They exist so a print can carry the details of a home or a relationship, and they are limited to that purpose.

When you place an order you confirm that you own the words you submitted or have the right to use them. The Terms of Service make that a condition of every personalised order.

How a refusal works

1. We see text that appears to fall in the “Refused” column.
2. We stop the order before printing and email you at the address used at checkout, saying which part of the text is the problem.
3. You can send replacement wording, or ask us to cancel.
4. If we do not hear from you, or the replacement has the same problem, we cancel the order and refund it in full to the original payment method.

Remember that no proof or mockup is sent before production and that accepted text is printed exactly as typed. Passing this check does not mean we have verified your rights to the words; that responsibility stays with you.

Three borderline cases

• A surname that is also a brand. Many family names are shared with companies. A family name sign with that surname and an “Est.” year is fine, because it names a household. The same word with a logo-style request, or with a product slogan under it, is not.
• A home town with a well-known team. The town name alone, with a date, is a place. The town name followed by the team’s nickname is a team reference and is refused.
• A line from “our song”. Couples often want a lyric over the bed. Lyrics are someone else’s protected words, so we refuse them. Names and the wedding date, or a sentence you wrote yourself, do the same job.

If you are unsure before ordering, email us the wording and we will tell you whether we can print it.

What belongs to Print Nook

The following are owned by Print Nook and protected by copyright, trademark and related laws:

• the Print Nook name and the way it is presented on the site;
• every print design, including the layouts used for personalised prints, the lettering and the illustrations;
• product images, room-scene previews and the live preview graphics on product pages;
• written content: product descriptions, the Size Guide, the FAQs and the policy pages;
• the organisation of the shop by nook, and the site’s layout and code.

Buying a print transfers the physical object to you. The design remains ours. The words you typed remain yours: you give us permission to store them, print them and pass them to the service providers that produce and deliver the order, and we do not reuse your personal text on anything else.

Permitted and prohibited uses of our content

The right to resell applies to the object only. If you return a print instead, the Returns & Exchanges Policy gives you 60 days from delivery for any reason.

Respecting other people’s rights

We do not knowingly sell anything that infringes a trademark, copyright, design right or a person’s right to control their name and likeness. Our safeguards are simple:

• designs are created for the shop and are not taken from other sources;
• product titles and descriptions describe the print and the nook it suits, and do not borrow brand or franchise names to attract searches;
• personalisation text is limited to short fields with a defined purpose, and we do not accept photo or artwork uploads, which removes the most common route for infringing material;
• when a concern is reported, we look at it and act on it as described below.

Names of third parties that appear anywhere on the site, for example the payment provider shown at checkout, belong to their owners and are used only to identify the service. Their appearance does not mean those companies endorse Print Nook.

How to report a concern

If you believe a product, a page or a customer’s personalised text infringes your trademark, design right or likeness, email support@printnook.shop with the subject “IP concern”. You can also write to Print Nook, 3007 Tabitha Drive, Franklin, TN 37064, US. Include:

1. Who you are. Your name, your email address and your relationship to the rights holder: owner, employee, lawyer or agent.
2. The right. What you say is infringed. For a trademark, give the mark, the country and the registration number if there is one. For a design or likeness, describe it and attach or link an example.
3. The location. The full address of each product or page on printnook.shop. A link to a whole category is not enough; send the individual product page.
4. The reason. One or two sentences on why you believe the material infringes.
5. A statement of accuracy. A sentence confirming that the information is correct and that you are entitled to act for the rights holder.

For copyright specifically, such as an illustration or photograph of yours, use the six-part notice on the DMCA page instead.

What we do with a report

1. We confirm receipt by email within 24 hours on business days.
2. We check that the report has the five parts above and ask for anything missing.
3. We review the product or page against the right you described.
4. If the report is well founded, we remove or change the material and tell you. A removed design is withdrawn in every size and format.
5. If we disagree, we explain why, and you are free to reply with more information.

We do not publish a fixed number of days for the review, because it depends on how many listings are named and how clear the report is. If you are waiting for an outcome, reply to our confirmation and ask.

If a report leads us to stop a customer’s personalised order, that customer is told and refunded in full. A customer who repeatedly submits infringing text may be refused further personalised orders.

A worked example: a housewarming gift

You are buying a framed canvas for friends who have just moved, and it will ship straight to their new address. On the product page you type their two first names, the town and “Est. 2026”. All three are details of a home, so the order goes ahead and is printed exactly as typed. Now suppose you had added the nickname of the local football team after the town, because the couple are supporters. That one addition turns a place into a team reference, and we would stop the order and write to you. The quickest fix is to reply with the town alone. If you would rather not change it, we cancel and refund in full, and you have lost nothing but a day.

The same thinking applies to any nook. A coffee corner print may carry your household’s name; it may not carry the name of a coffee chain.

Ideas, feedback and permission requests

Customers often suggest a new size, a design for a particular nook or a different layout for a family name sign. We read every suggestion. If you send one, you agree that we may use the idea freely and without payment; we will not publish your name or message.

To request permission to use our content, for instance an interior blogger who wants to show a product image in an article, email us with the image, where it would appear and for how long. We answer every request, and permission is valid only when given in writing.

Contact

All questions about this policy go to support@printnook.shop. Email is our only support channel, and we reply within 24 hours on business days. For general help, see Contact Us or the FAQs.