About this Copyright Notice
This Copyright Notice responds to issues commonly raised by individuals and small businesses relating to
knitting and sewing, such as whether or not it is permissible to:
• copy the written instructions (a pattern);
• share or sell those instructions;
Intellectual Property Office is an operating name of the Patent Office
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• sell an item they have made from a pattern, whether in a shop or online; or
• copy from a physical item (such as a dress or jumper).
Some of the information in this Notice will be relevant to comparable activities, such as cross-stitch and
embroidery