Printing Licensed Logos
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- Опубліковано 2 сер 2024
- Pro football has returned. Champions will soon be crowned in professional hockey, baseball and basketball. A lot of cities will be ready to celebrate. Or you may be heading to Disney and want shirts for the group going to the happiest place on earth.
All of these require a licensing agreement with the holder of the license. If you will be doing high volume and this will be a focus of your t-shirt business, go for it.
But if you just want to show some city pride or unite your group, you can avoid the licensing cost and legalities with just a little creativity.
At this webinar:
• Learn how to obtain a licensing agreement
• Explore creative ideas for celebrating with your professional or collegiate team
• Learn how to create shirts for groups wanting licensed logos
This fun and engaging topic is not to be missed.
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Great info Andy thanks for the video
Good feedback
Thanks Jose! We're always happy to help out!
What about personal use? I have some images that I would love to put on shirts for me and my kids like the bears logo for me and Disney movie images for my kids?
That's a fantastic question, and while we're not lawyers (so none of this is legal advice) there is a grey area of personal use. So, avoiding commercial use of any copyrighted or protected logos or imagery, the use must not involve an exchange of money, promote a business entity, or directly or indirectly result in financial gain. So if you pay a company (like us) to produce a heat transfer for you, it's no longer personal use, even though you aren't making money from it, the 3rd party company is.
Additionally, depending on how you use the characters or logos for personal use, it can be argued as harmful the copyright owner's economic interests, which is why we suggest avoiding use of copyrighted images and instead use creative methods like described in this video as alternatives.
But will you still print it👀
So any reference to things from movies or shows such as for example, the heisenburg face from breaking bad, would be a violation?
In many cases, yes it would be a violation. You'll see creative uses of characters to get around the licensing, something like a quote with a silhouette or something (for your Breaking Bad reference, something like: "I am the danger") but images of characters (especially if it's already on merch) would most likely need to be licensed.
In the example that you give about printing public domain examples such as "CLE" or an area code, the t-shirt that you used as an example that says "RUN CLE" wouldn't that be considered copyright infringement since RUN DMC has a similar logo??
The RUN DMC intellectual property applies to using the "DMC" part of it- as shown by the lawsuit they filed against Amazon and Walmart in 2016 for selling unlicensed apparel and accessories. Changing it should clear any infringement. [Disclaimer: Not a lawyer or offering any legal advice]
Can you print part of the college name but not the full name? Ex. Alabama State vs Alabama State University? Is using only Alabama State okay?
Hey Rod, great question! Many colleges & universities specifically trademark abbreviated versions of their name or just initials as well- you can research on google, or on specific university websites. One easy way to research is to check if the team store sells merch that just says "Alabama State" for this example (which they do), so they most likely own a trademark.
Colleges & Universities typically shoot for the moon with licensing and trademarks... like the University of Alabama owning just the wordmark "Alabama" as it appears on apparel.
Gerben Law has a great database of licenses and trademarks for universities and more: www.gerbenlaw.com/trademarks/universities/
So when I do submit a questionable logo, do I need to submit license ahead or only of you guys deem them red flag to you ask?
If you have the license and think it may get held up, just email it over to info@transferexpress.com along with your order or confirmation number to avoid any production delays. We wouldn't want your order to be delayed by us, holding it up for a license you have.
Can you print cartoon characters for personal use without a license? If you are not selling the item you put the image on.
Hey Stacie, it's a little bit of a grey area- If you pay to have the images produced by any commercial printer, they may decline to produce the images because they are producing the order for profit, even if the end result is personal use.
@@transferexpress is there a release that can be signed to say that it is personal use only?
Not really, we require written permission from the rights holder to produce any copywrited imagery.
How about School district logo?
Hey Perla, That's a good question! While local school districts are not going to come after you like Disney or the NFL, their logos may still be licensed. You can usually call up the district office and ask.
Can I get my logo on transfer
You bet! You can upload your own art at www.transferexpress.com/designer