On crafted gear, the crafter's name appears at the bottom of the item tooltip. However, I've noticed a lot of gear that I've purchased has a blank space instead of a name. I've also noticed that people I examine don't have names on their gear at all, even if it is HQ.
Will the name fail to appear if the crafter is currently logged out?

I was really hoping to be able to walk around town and see who was wearing my stuff. Nothing better than seeing 1/3 people with your brand name on their clothes.