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Hasbro Provides Customizing Guidelines to Collectors
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02-08-2008, 12:16 PM
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First of all, this is not a "copyright enfringement [
sic
]" matter. We're talking about
trademark
protection. One should know the difference before attempting to "explain" it to anyone else.
Secondly, some of those cards aren't even custom. They are reproductions of Hasbro material.
Third, it doesn't need to be "an exact copy" to violate the law and constitute trademark infringement. Each of those "custom" cards sports Hasbro trademarks like the G.I. JOE logo, Hasbro logo, likenesses of protected characters, and names of protected characters.
No, it most certainly is not. Hasbro is making an effort to protect their own intellectual property by defending their trademark protection. It has nothing to do, one way or the other, with "people getting cheated". Unless, of course, by
people
, you mean
Hasbro
.
Hasbro has trademark protection for the characters they created and own, but not for the concept of a military-themed 3¾" action figure in general.
Using a character's name in an eBay auction title or description is not tantamount to packaging, marketing, and distributing counterfeit merchandise. The statement is pretty clear about what they will target, and no customizer is going wind up on their hit list for calling his custom Cobra Commander figure Cobra Commander in a solitary auction listing.
exactly, I was about to post the same thing in regards to Shipwreck"n"polly's post.
when I tweak Duke's art and turn it into Starduster, like right here --
http://www.loserville.us/~gunslinger...tarduster.html
-- I have done so using Hasbro's protected work. it doesn't belong to me, thus I cannot sell it, and especially can't do so with the Joe logo on it. if I do, and Hasbro allows it, I can contest their trademark of the G.I. Joe name and they can lose it. that is essentially what this is about. same with their images and reproduction of the figure parts.
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