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Copyrights/Trade Marks info/questions / Re: Who here deals with Affinity?
« Last post by repogolfer on Today at 03:28:53 PM »We got a call from one of their attorney's once and that was all I needed to just post a list on the wall of fraternities we would not print for. Apparently we thought the president of the fraternity had the authority to get items printed for a dance they were having...LOL...we were wrong. Then they got audited and our company showed up in their books. They were cool with us and we declined joining once we looked into what hoops we needed to jump through.
From their website it looks like the reseller doesn't need to belong to the group as long as the decorator is part of the group. Maybe the person at the school is pressuring you so they don't have to keep up with their end. I would think whomever it is that send them proofs and gets approval for items is the one who needs a license...but that might not be correct.
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Who needs to become licensed?
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Any group or individual that wishes to trade on the goodwill associated with our clients' marks, and benefit commercially from utilization of those marks, must become licensed in order to do so. A vendor is not required to become licensed in order to resell products produced by a licensed manufacturer, so long as they do not further embellish the product or expand on the use of the insignia.
From their website it looks like the reseller doesn't need to belong to the group as long as the decorator is part of the group. Maybe the person at the school is pressuring you so they don't have to keep up with their end. I would think whomever it is that send them proofs and gets approval for items is the one who needs a license...but that might not be correct.
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Who needs to become licensed?
Answer:
Any group or individual that wishes to trade on the goodwill associated with our clients' marks, and benefit commercially from utilization of those marks, must become licensed in order to do so. A vendor is not required to become licensed in order to resell products produced by a licensed manufacturer, so long as they do not further embellish the product or expand on the use of the insignia.