Prohibited and restricted items
Draft for legal review
Wumn is for clothes and the things worn with them, made by the people who sell them. Some things may never be sold here, and some only with proof. A person at Wumn checks every listing against this list before it goes on sale.
What may never be sold on Wumn?
Fakes, copies and anything that misuses a brand, a design or a place’s name.
Anything the law does not allow to be sold, or that would be indecent to show.
- Counterfeits and replicas, “first copies” and “inspired by” copies of another brand’s or designer’s piece.
- A copied design or print that belongs to someone else, or a piece carrying another brand’s name or logo.
- A GI name (Banarasi, Kanchipuram, Chanderi, Pochampally, Kashmir Pashmina and others) on a piece that is not from that place and craft.
- Wildlife: shahtoosh, ivory, and the skin, fur, feathers or bones of a protected animal.
- Weapons, drugs and medicines, and anything else whose sale is unlawful in India.
- Used underwear and swimwear, and anything sold as something it is not.
Which symbols may a piece not carry?
National symbols as decoration, deities on footwear or underwear, and uniforms that pass as the real one.
- The national flag on anything worn below the waist, on underwear, footwear or dress material.
- The State Emblem, and the names and emblems the law protects, as decoration or as a brand.
- A deity or a holy text on footwear, underwear or anything meant to insult a faith.
- Armed forces and police uniforms, ranks and insignia, sold so they can pass as the real one.
What may be sold only with proof or a licence?
Gold and silver with the BIS hallmark; Khadi, the Silk Mark and the Handloom mark with their licence.
Imported pieces only by a seller authorised to sell them, with the importer named.
- Gold and silverJewellery, or zari sold as real gold or silver, carries the BIS hallmark the law requires.
- “Khadi”Only on a piece that holds the Khadi Mark, with its certificate.
- Silk Mark and HandloomThe Silk Mark and the India Handloom Brand only on a piece licensed to carry them.
- “Pure silk”, “handloom”, “organic”Only with proof the maker can show Wumn when asked.
- Imported piecesOnly by the importer, the brand or its distributor, with proof of that authorisation on request, and with the importer’s name and address on the listing.
I found something on this list. What do I do?
Use Report on the piece. A person at Wumn checks it.
Choose Report on the piece and “Should not be sold”. If it copies your own design or brand, see Intellectual property and takedown. A piece that breaks this list is taken off sale, and a seller who breaks it again may lose her shop.