Questions tagged [branding]
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Can a co-manufacture share product samples from company "A" to a potential company?
Is it legal for the Sales and Marketing team to send new customer samples of products from a different customer?
In contract manufacturing it is come to have may brands that make similar products. ...
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Use of the brand name in case of a replica
Can I use the name of a famous brand on my website when I indicate that the product is a replica? What restrictions exist in this case?
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Am I allowed to use a domain name like macbookrepair.com?
If I were to register an available domain name like macbookrepair.com, do I have the right to offer commercial services from it, or does Apple have legal grounds to get the domain registration ...
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Trademarking modifications to common phrases
Let's take the common phrase "bite the bullet". If I want to trademark "bite the mullet", is there any barriers to that?
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If I create a fictional brand name in a movie script and then copyright the script can the fictional brand name be considered my trademark?
Let's say I write a movie script. The movie gets made and it does well. In the script a fictional brand exists with a specific, un-trademarked name. Now let's say someone created a real brand that had ...
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Misleading business name
What legal actions can be taken against a company that uses manipulative naming tactics, such as including the word 'All' in its name, in order to mislead or confuse customers?
Are there any laws or ...
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Why does Japanese entertainment make such backhanded references to brands (e.g. WcDonalds instead of McDonalds)?
There's tons of examples. To name a few:
MgRonald's and Sentucky Fried Chicken (instead of McDonald's and KFC) in Hataraku Maou-sama
Attack Family (instead of Smash Brothers) in Jaku Kyara Tomozaki-...
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Is a similar name and synonym to existing brand a trademark infringement?
A company named Blackboard exists, with trademarks on the name. I would like to use the brand name "Greenboard." Is there any possibility of trademark infringement if I use this name?
I don'...
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Using Nvidia logo in presentation of project (research at public institute) with or without permision from Nvidia Corporation?
I'm in a hurry to put together a presentation, where Nvidia CUDA (a technology for general computing on graphic processing units made by Nvidia Corporation) is used. My purpose is just to put the logo ...
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Using "WhatsApp" term in Android App Name
I’m trying to create an app name for an Android translator (originally "Translator for WhatsApp") I created that is findable, does not create confusion, and is 30 characters or less per the ...
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Can I display university logos on my website under "Used by students and faculty from" [duplicate]
I have a website mostly used by students and university faculty, and I'd like to display those universities' logos on my website.
Examples are: Yale, NYU, UCONN, University of Dallas, University of ...
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Can I rebrand my own car?
I know full well that rebranding goods for sale without an agreement with trademark owners is illegal. But what about goods I own? Can I for instance remove a logo from my car and put on a different ...
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Is it allowed to use an Apple/Google logo on an QR code linking to their app stores?
Typically, online you have got badges with links to app stores. However, in print media it makes sense to use QR code. But then, if you have two QR codes, one for Apple and one for Google, they will ...
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laws on "rebranding" modified products
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I'm was originally interested in knowing what it would take to sell a phone under my own brand that runs an Android fork (open source Android without Google, essentially modified, open-...
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Brand and advertising citation [closed]
Please if possible avoid legalese jargon in the answer.
Can a person use a brand citation (e.g. reproduce the brand logo and/or the brand name) under fair use or is permission required?
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