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Starting a website and wondering if I can use companies logos or product images (in a praising manner)? [duplicate]

I am seeking to start a promotional website for a specific business platform and have descriptions of companies and their products on it. These descriptions include what type of products they have, if ...
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Can I use company logos for my game? [duplicate]

I was wondering if I had permission to use company logos without the companies' permission in a logo quiz game. I'll make sure to specify that the logos are copyright their respective owners. If the ...
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How do I know if it is safe to use a logo?

Can we use a logo+name for our product even if other companies use it? We are in an industry which has no other business using the logo, but there is a clothing company, and probably some other ...
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How and how much does it cost to I register my startup logo (International)

This may sound as a duplicate of other questions, but the enphasis is International. I've found it neccesary to have a logo at the stage of looking for VC's, among other things. But currently I do ...
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Is a logo important on first batch of business cards and website?

I just finished building a website and would like to order a few hundred business cards. I didn't have a logo designed but the website is live. How important is a logo to have from the beginning?
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When using crowd-sourced logo design sites, what do I need to worry about regarding font licensing?

I am using a crowd-sourced site to design my logo (examples of such sites: 99 Designs and Crowdspring). The way these sites work is you put up a prize (say, $200) and then several different designers ...
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Ownership of logo design

I am incapable (artistically) of designing a logo for my startup. If I offer to pay someone to create it for me, do I own the intellectual property rights to the logo? Are there any other steps I ...
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Using brand logos for polls on my website?

I make some polls on my website, like : What do you prefer Ford Explorer or Toyota 4Runner? Is such a poll allowed without explicit permission of Toyota and Ford? Next step: Can I use their ...
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Can I use trademarked logos on product I am selling to the Trademark owner or a division thereof?

A two part question for my startup: I intend to sell products / stationary (such as letterhead, pencils, pens, etc.) to companies (or divisions of a company). Would it be illegal to create samples ...
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Trademark logo and company name?

I have seen many companies on the USPTO website trademark only their company name and not their logo. Is there any downside to trademarking the logo, and if it changes down the road is it possible to ...
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What actions are associated with registering a company/software name?

I live in Austria, Europe. I am a software developer and I would like to distribute my software under the name of my company. So I consider the following: I might want to register the name for my ...
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Logo portfolio use for a startup company

I've recently started a new business and hired a graphic designer to do the company logo. Loved the work, but when he asked me about using it on his portfolio, I did explain that he can only use items ...
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Disadvantages of using a photo as a logo

I am considering using a small picture as my logo. The picture is of the Earth shaped into a light bulb. What could be the disadvantages of not using a drawing as a logo?
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Can I use the logos of other companies on my site?

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but can I use the logos of other services and companies on my site? Ie, if I wanted to put up a graphic of some services that relate to local internet marketing, ...
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What kind of images to buy - vectors, illustrations or photos?

I was checking shutterstock.com and it has these 3 kinds out there - 1.) Vectors 2.) Illustrations 3.) Photos My initial idea was to just buy the photos and give it to the designer, so he can ...
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How do you get customer's company logo on your site?

I see sites that launch recently and they already have around 10 customer companies logos on their page under Customers. Some of these are logos of fortune 500 companies. How do you pull off something ...
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Vending Machine Company Van Logos

Starting a vending machine business. Can I put some of the logos of the products I sell on my Van? I.e. Snickers Logo, Lays logo, Pepsi logo Thanks JC
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What avenues have people used for logo design?

What avenues have people used for logo design? Has anyone had any problems with a certain method/website/service that I should be aware of? Thanks -Mark
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Trademark, Copyright and Registrations for Companies, Products and Logos

Let's say we have a company called ParentCompany (www.parentcompany.com) That company has 3 products called P1, P2 and P3 (www.p1.com, www.p2.com, and www.p3.com) The company and each of its ...
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Which one is more important: product or company logo?

I want to create a logo by outsourcing it, but since I have little money in hand, I'm in the middle of deciding whether I should spend it for the product's logo or the company's logo. I would need to ...
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Writing up design requirements

I am trying to spec out logo and web design requirements to take to design companies. What should the spec include? Any good templates?
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Need an idea for a logo

I am in the process of starting a company and need some help with coming up with some ideas for a logo. The actual work will be outsourced to crowdspring, 99designs.com, or maybe even oDesk. First, ...
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Logo size on Website for Branding

I am currently designing the website for a new startup. I have 2 options (so far) for the size of the logo. Put it in the same spot as the "StackExchange" dropdown at the top of this page. It ...
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Recommend a company for promo pens?

I'm looking for a legitimate/affordable/responsive company to order some promo pens from (with our logo etc). I've found http://www.pens.com/pens/ via Google, they look legit, but I thought I'd ask ...
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Logo + Business cards + stationary

I would like to know of any sites/places who specialize in supplying logo+businesscards+stationary package. We are a small startup and really dont want to incur unnecessary expenditure. Just to be ...
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Resources to create a logo

Ideally I would like to make my own logo. Would you know a good tool that can help make a logo? I have tried Photoshop but it's really not intuitive.
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URL Logo Question

How do you add a logo so it appears in the URL address box in a browser? For example; Dharmesh has the Hubspot logo appear at www.hubspot.com in the URL address box. Thanks. -Kevin