Iām very sorry that happened 
Iām not trying to be cruel at all to the person that said that to you, but there are SO many people who use those legs/arm chains, and it is completely fine.
I think I have found the āoriginalā pattern, and I do see the similarities, but not to the point where I would think you were copying them. Personally, the route that the other creator went was a little harsh in my opinion. I donāt think you should have to take down your pattern, that I bet you spent lots of time and sweat on, only because of little similarities between two patterns.
Iām not at all trying to bring hate towards the other creator, im simply just disagreeing.
I hope you can get this all figured out soon.
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Iām sorry this happened to you. Take this as a lesson learned to constantly check when you have an idea.
I know what you are feeling right nowā¦ about 5 yrs ago I had something like this happen to meā¦ I had to actually fight in an international court! For 35 yrs, I had the company name of āWaja Creationsā ā Waja means wolf in Cherokeeā¦
These guys in Australia took my company name and did a concrete planter business with itā¦ I had all the proof showing it was mine, copyrighted and licencedā¦but because they made more money then i did at the time, they where allowed to keep the name and I had to stop using itā¦ heck they didnāt even know how to pronounce Waja (w awe ya) the j has a y soundā¦ but something I lovingly built was snapped away since they made more money with itā¦ so now my business name is Raven Thunderwings Creative Artsā¦and since Raven is my Pagan name legally here in the USA and it is in many pagan groups world wide as my name, it would be considered identity theft if usedā¦
I tell this story so that you guys that are just starting out and want to have a small business will learn from my mistakesā¦ check check and triple check on everything you do that you want to put out there in the public eyeā¦
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They are just gate keepingā¦ At that point they better not use any yarn as many of others use it in patterns as well. Canāt have her having similar yarn types as anyone else 
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Iām sorry you have to deal with this , I totally agree with your point of view on the situation and I totally think itās the right choice to set the pattern down and let this blow over before trying again.
Have a great day!
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Kinda late on this topic but WTH?! Imagine if designers started lawsuiting others in the leggy froggy craze XD they looked pretty similar to meā¦
Sending love your way Scarlet <3 Iām so sorry for this unfortunate situation happening to you u_u
We love u :3
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I think you are completely justified!
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I donāt think youāre a bad person and you didnāt do anything wrong! It is simply an idea that several people have had. I think maybe the ānutty buddyā thing could be a problem, but the other person having ābreakfast buddiesā is completely fine.
If I were you I wouldnāt call them nutty buddies since that is the brand.
But everything else is good!
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