In article <0F45A7A5E62CD211B8CC0008C7A402F0213E52E2@ftwntexmp002.bnsf.com>,
Donald.Mallett@BNSF.com ("Mallett, Donald B") writes:
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> >> >>My father was telling me today that Dodge has been going after Line-X
> >> about the
> >> >>Ram logos they were spraying into trucks (like what I have
> >> >>http://home.twcny.rr.com/andylevy/dakota/03QC/line-x.jpg) - trademark
> >> >>infringement, etc. So you can't get it anymore.
> >> >
> >> >That's just plain stupid. Why would they do that? I can see wanting
> >> >to protect your trademark, but why go through the trouble when it's
> >> >promoting your product? What's next, are they going to go after the
> >> >little sign shop that made the ram's head decals I bought?
> >> >
> >> >- -Bill
> >>
> >> I wanted to get some ram heads cut in vinyl to resell and the sign shop
> >> asked me about trademark infringement / copyrights approval to do it.
> What's
> >> the little guy to do???
> >>
> >>How about obey the law? The guy at shop was just trying to protect his
> >>business. He'd rather lose your $100 of business than have Dodge shut him
> down
> >>entirely.
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> I agree with you 100% about the law. My next step is to find out about the
> copyright approval and cost.
It's not purely copyright. It's mostly trademark. Copyright is pretty cut &
dried (and not entirely applicable here), trademark is a little hairier. Good
luck getting Dodge to authorize a small-timer like this. Ever notice how you
see a *ton* of bow-ties and blue ovals on the decal rack at the parts store,
but you almost never see a Ram?
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