As I promised the Community . I will try Maintain the list . Some add stuff on I do it myself mainly . Your tool is going to be very useful to test a Chapter of text . Perhaps there should be a Link to your App in the Description of the WiKi .
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Yes, feel free to link to the tool in the wiki description if you think it fits or let me know if you’d prefer to add it yourself, or if it’s okay for me to post it there.
https://jjune33.github.io/facer-trademark-checker/
Also, if you’re interested, you’re very welcome to help maintain the list directly via the shared backend (shared Google Sheet connected to git): Can I send a PM on this board with the link (more spam friendly then post it here)? And sorry I am new here , only 2 months into this hobby
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Oh I know, I understand. I’m just complaining that Facer’s mechanisms make it too easy for them to zap your face if it innocently intends to say “navigator” as a pilot, whereas if it says “Lincoln Navigator” then obviously that’s a clear infringement that needs to be zapped.
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@jivestaroso Please add your Link to the tool you made to the top of the WIKI with a note . I will ask you kindly to maintain Your list yourself . I would ask you that there is Parity and if you find a discrepancy please flag it up . Either one of us can update the WIKI list .
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It also highlights the absolute redonculous pomposity of it all.
They have chosen to make first claim to a word that literally means: an object surviving from an earlier time, especially one of historical interest.
Companies hijacking common words on a pure language front need to be stopped. I understand the need for brand integrity but does this mean that if someone built a boat in the shape of a watch and named it NAVIGATOR they would have to skuttle it?
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NAV, Nav seem fine
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Just had 2 emails from Facer, first this one -
And then another informing me that the Face was taken down for Copyright Infringements. The images I used were just general, non licensed images from Google. Facer have taken down LOADS of my creations, even ones where I created my own images or friends created them for me: total ludicrousness.
It’s no wonder why I gave up using Facer to create things, even thinking of sending any future emails straight to Spam
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Oh Blimey . Give with one hand take with the other .What was it called ? Marvin has gone mad . Are you saying a load have been taken down recently . Do you know how many . The problem is I think they are trying tobtrain Marvin to check images now . Each time Facer takes on a new Brand they scan for any thing at all that is related . They can never take down all your Faces . There will be many there for ever .
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It would really help to have a pre scan before publishing, or even to be able to scan published ones. It seems more and more difficult to even describe a watch face… My watch box is filling with duplicates, I no longer delete them, for fear of deletion in the future.
I am also wondering if one’s stats, likes, and syncs are cut if Marvin has zapped a few watch faces. In the beginning I had watch faces climb the charts, nowadays they hardly do. But then again, perhaps my designs are not appealing to the masses…
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@icrltd4
That seems to be a trigger for Marvin to look at a watchface. That same thing happens to me. Facer emails be that my watchface has hit X number of syncs and then one saying it’s been zapped due to copyright. I contest every one of those and they always get reinstated. The last one I told them it was an AI generated image and not subject to copyright. It was back up within an hour.
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I had so many take downs in a couple of days once that I gave up appealing against them 
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I understand, and I can’t say I blame you either. That crap gets old rather quickly!
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Marvin has used image detection for years, and Batman has been on the banned list since at least November 2023. Looking through this forum shows that DC started enforcing their copyright around October 2024. It’s just one of those things; if you just grab trademarked property off the Internet, you run the risk of getting in the owners’ crosshairs. It doesn’t matter if they were “from Google”.
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Just appeal them so human eyes can evaluate the situation. I know it is frustrating but Marvin is doing his best. When it comes to titles please do not try to be clever by changing one character in a name or in some way try to circumvent the filter. That makes you look as if you are trying to get away with something that you know is wrong.
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Strangely enough, just checking through my notifications, it seems my Taken Down Face is still there 
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Thought that might have invoked a REAL Take Down 
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Don’t push your luck. With Marvin constantly learning, you never know when he’ll become smarter.
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That Logo looks like a Pair of old Y Fronts .