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In the torment of copyright infringement

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Hi there.  First post in English but I'll definitely going to translate this one. Few days ago on instagram private messages someone told me that I didn't had the right to use the formula "Soul art" in my instagram name/presentation. Bugger....I used everywhere because these words were inspired directly from the thread of my work over fifteen years now. To be more precise they politley said that "Soul art" was actually a trademark in Usa, Canada and Europe and this prevented others people to use it  "without permission". Please I had to remove these two words from my name and after a week without answer from me that would be a follow up. Now...... On the spot my first epidermic reaction was to feel guilty as if on purpose I tried to stole something which of course never occurred to me. Then very shortly after that there was anger . Thinking that they had no right to put on hold something that lots of artists in the world use simply because first i...