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IANAL either, but... While a company's logo may be under trademark or simply copyright protection, you still have a legal "Fair Use" right to use the logo for
by maxbrown 15y ago
IANAL either, but...
While a company's logo may be under trademark or simply copyright protection, you still have a legal "Fair Use" right to use the logo for the purpose of identifying or describing the company.
Most often, this is what logos are used for on a site. For example, "As Seen On... TC, CNN, blah blah blah". They obviously cannot be used to mislead someone into thinking the company is tied to or endorses your site.
Here's an article about it: http://smallbusiness.chron.com/fair-use-logos-2152.html http://smallbusiness.chron.com/fair-use-logos-2152.html
- esw 15y agoYeah, I think it's a fine line. For example, the Washington Post wrote an article about my last company. We included a link to the article on our media page (where we listed every mention in the press), along with a tiny WaPo logo. Several months later I received an email requesting some unreasonable sum (~$4k, IIRC) to continue use of the logo.