WARNING TO EVERYONE!!!!

[ThorsFoundry]

NO, NO!  not snitch!! - TELL THEM!  I meant tell them that Fox and DC are likely to vigorously protect their copyright -

[lueman]

All good, sorry for the mis-read.

[jibr]

THANK YOU, WE ARE NEW TOO, AND WE ARE FINDING MANY BUSINESSES WANT LOGOS, SO FAR THEY'VE BEEN THEIR OWN BUT THANKS, WE WILL WATCH FOR THIS TYPE AND i SUPPOSE ASK FOR THEIR RIGHTS TO COPY? hMM WELL THANKS AGAIN.....

[the vinyl tree]

sorry guys , i know we are all talking about copyright and the things associated with that , which is great and good BUT does any one know or heard from laras4labs lately ? i like to see how she is traveling ?
pete

[ThorsFoundry]

Sorry.  I'm done here.

[deth502]

bump

new here, just read all 13 pages of this.

no news on how, or if, this was resolved?? i know that sometimes there may be years wait for a case to get to court, which may be the case here.

[Rodger - unit # 982]

 ( I assume tears = years  )

& sometimes an agreement not to disclose the settlement . 

[deth502]

yes, my bad. fixed it 

[deth502]

and even so, at least she can let us know if she won or lost?? even if the details cant be disclosed.

[NatDragon]

I wish there were some kind of logo royalty clearing house. Some way to download the logo legally for small shops. Like at some of the art websites. I mean it is free advertising for the company they shouldn't get their panties in such a knot over it. They should have some way where you say pay them $1 for the use (more if for several uses). I have only started doing decals, but it doesn't seem like you make a ton of profit on them; however, being on a car in public with potentially thousands or more people seeing it, the name recognition surely makes the manufacturer money, how can that be bad for the company?

How about making the plaintiff prove that the defendant had intent to harm by producing a couple of stickers?

[Daddy-o]

I mean it is free advertising for the company they shouldn't get their panties in such a knot over it. They should have some way where you say pay them $1 for the use (more if for several uses). <snip> however, being on a car in public with potentially thousands or more people seeing it, the name recognition surely makes the manufacturer money, how can that be bad for the company?

Not a horrible thought NatDragon, but 'how' a brand or trademark is used is more important than the pittance gained through royalty fees. It is more about protecting ones reputation and avoiding dilution and/or saturation of an identity. Not to be snarky, but to answer your last question, it could potentially be very bad. Logistical nightmare, negative exposure, commiditization of your company name and of course someone out there would figure out a way to make you liable if something goes wrong... very bad indeed!

Daddy-o

[sheister]

I haven't read all the posts for this thread. So if what I am about to say has been covered already, please excuse me. But this sounds like and extortion scam. They ask you to make a copyrighted logo , you do the work and then get official looking papers in the mail with a threat to sue you for a huge amount to scare you. Then they offer to settle for a less but still significant amount. In the heat of the moment you are grateful for this settlement  to get them off of your back and get a good nights sleep. You pay and these scam artists are laughing all the way to the bank. I would scrutinize this down to the last detail and make darn sure that they actually work for Black and Decker or some firm that actually represents them. I highly doubt that a company like Black and Decker has a huge problem with their logo being illegally reproduced to the point they need secret shoppers to pursue it. If it were a Fox logo or Chevy then maybe.
Further it seems more likely if they were to implement such a program, it would be far more efficient and more profitable to pursue larger companies to insure they get the full payment and not a settled amount. You can bet your bottom dollar this company is paid either entirely or a percentage of the settlement amount. Why would they pursue you for 1 logo violation (that is if this really is the real thing and not a scam). Finally if they ask you to do this work and seem as if they have the permission to have this logo reproduced. Is it your responsibility to check their credentials? Or do you have the right to reasonably assume they have this permission.  It was for a "sponsored" race team right?? Finally if this is a he said/she said thing. And nothing signed in terms of the work agreed upon, then how does anybody know what she said to assure you she had this permission to have this logo reproduced?  And I say reasonably because if it was just some joe blow off the street thats one thing. But if I am approached by a person whom represents themself  as the owner of a race team thats another.  If this the real deal and not a scam you can bet the whole con was planned to this way to lower your guard. I mean why would a race car team whom wasnt sponsored by DeWalt want that logo on their car??? Thats stupid!

In these hard economic times this really makes me angry. You should have gotten a warning not a lawsuit. It should have been a crackdown and not shakedown! Another hard working person swindled by either scam artists or  heartless company , in this day its hard to tell the difference between the two.

Good Luck
Sheister

[American And Proud]

The OP's (Original Poster) last post here was on page 8 July 23rd.

Their last post was July 31st and that was in another thread to say they did not like the uscutter apptape roller. (I like mine fine myself.)

They were last active on October 23rd but made no post.

[MaderDesign]

Would be nice to know what happened, they start this up and never finish.

[Rodger - unit # 982]

1 possible scenario ; a settlement has been made ... in most settlements , I think it is called a non-disclosure agreement . It let's the shake down artists have more power for the next victim .
 " IF " that is what happened , seems we could get told they can't disclose anything

 another scenario is it is still waiting for trial . It is too expensive to have a lawyer by the hour & when you have a lawyer by the set price, they want to get rid of it as fast as possible & try to get it settled regardless of merit .