How do you protect my pattern designs that I upload?

We know how important it is to protect your original work. Many artists tell us they worry about their designs being stolen, copied, or misused after sharing them online—and we’ve built Patterned with those concerns in mind.

How do we protect your designs?

We’ve taken several technical steps to maximize protection of your uploaded patterns:

1. Secure, obfuscated storage

   When you upload a pattern tile, it’s stored on our servers in a scrambled and distorted format. What’s stored doesn’t resemble the original design at all.

2. Smart rendering on the front end

   When your pattern appears on the Patterned website, our system dynamically "unscrambles" it in real time—so it looks perfect to viewers but remains protected behind the scenes. 😉

3. Anti-download protection

   We’ve also implemented features to help prevent designs from being easily downloaded or scraped directly from the site.

Our commitment to you

Helping to protect your artwork is one of our top priorities. We’ll continue to evolve and strengthen our security measures to ensure your patterns are shown with pride—and shared on your terms.

If you ever have questions or concerns about artwork protection, we’re here to help.