Garlic powder is made from garlic.  You didn’t make garlic sauce without garlic.  You made garlic sauce with dehydrated garlic.  “Oh, well, if it’s made from garlic it’s not actually garlic!”  What?!

One of the carpet designers from Courtesan (not the one who made this pattern), apparently commented on this thread. His comment hasn’t been approved yet, but he and the designer who made this pattern, and the company itself, have no problem with the costumes. They do have a problem with the cosplayers then selling…

“...or try to pose as the original.” Which is exactly what Volpin Props was doing.

Their costumes fell under fair use. However, to create the costumes they had to replicate the exact design of the carpet. Then then sent their replicated design to Spoonflower to have the unmodified replicated design printed on fabric.…

You’re really going to bring Industrial Design into this? Okay then, an Industrial Designer is going to correct you then.

Replicating the pattern, printing it on fabric, and then cutting it up to create a costume for your own use falls within fair use. In fact, I bet Volpin Props could even sell fully made costumes,…

Well, the pattern on the hood results from cutting up a piece of fabric that has the actual carpet pattern on it. And Courtesan sent them a cease and desist letter to stop selling the fabric with the replicated pattern on it through Spoonflower. Courtesan did not tell them to stop wearing the cosplay. The cosplay is…

Volpin Props didn’t need permission to use the pattern in their costume, as that falls under fair use. They would need permission to start selling the pattern they created to mimic the carpet to other people. They started doing this and Courtesan sent a Cease and Desist to stop them from selling the fabric, not from…

She let the wookie win. I don’t see the problem.

Kylo Ren ordered the slaughter of the civilians. Phasma just followed through on the orders given.

Except he actually did something useful, which makes him better than Bobba Fett.