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02-07-2008, 09:48 PM | #1 |
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G.I. Joe.com has updated tonight with Customizing Guidelines. There has recently been some confusion as to what constitutes the legal resale of customized product and what constitutes trademark infringement. The following guidelines for using Hasbro trademarks should provide some clarity.
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1. Hasbro encourages the customizing of individual figures for personal usage, and can be resold as one-of-a-kind, out-of-package figures.
2. All Hasbro artwork, such as card art, cannot be reprinted without permission from Hasbro. These assets contain Hasbro-owned trademarks and logos, and cannot be sold or reproduced without Hasbro’s permission 3. Hasbro owned trademarks such as character names and the GI Joe brand name cannot be used without written permission from Hasbro. As we look to the future of the G.I. JOE franchise, we want to ensure that the customizing community can thrive while Hasbro continues to protect the brand that it has spent the last 45 years creating. Hasbro will become more aggressive in the legal pursuit of counterfeit product that is being sold in all channels. We appreciate your cooperation with this matter. Thank you.
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02-07-2008, 09:49 PM | #2 |
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Hasbro Provides Customizing Guidelines to Collectors
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Hasbro Provides Customizing Guidelines to Collectors
Dear Fans and Customizers, The G.I. JOE team would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the customizing community and the incredible creativity and passion that goes into each one of your projects. We are continually impressed by your work. The customizing community ranges from those who work with product to those who customize packages and artwork. There has recently been some confusion as to what constitutes the legal resale of customized product and what constitutes trademark infringement. The following guidelines for using Hasbro trademarks should provide some clarity. 1. Hasbro encourages the customizing of individual figures for personal usage, and can be resold as one-of-a-kind, out-of-package figures. 2. All Hasbro artwork, such as card art, cannot be reprinted without permission from Hasbro. These assets contain Hasbro-owned trademarks and logos, and cannot be sold or reproduced without Hasbro’s permission 3. Hasbro owned trademarks such as character names and the GI Joe brand name cannot be used without written permission from Hasbro. As we look to the future of the G.I. JOE franchise, we want to ensure that the customizing community can thrive while Hasbro continues to protect the brand that it has spent the last 45 years creating. Hasbro will become more aggressive in the legal pursuit of counterfeit product that is being sold in all channels. We appreciate your cooperation with this matter. Thank you.
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02-07-2008, 09:58 PM | #3 |
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that is why I have stuck to just selling figures and have avoided carded figures. and I'm glad to see Hasbro take the time to address their fan community on the matter. it is nice to know they participate in the community, even if infrequently.
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02-07-2008, 10:01 PM | #4 |
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i to am happy to see customizers address in particular in an effort to calrify and off support.
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02-07-2008, 10:08 PM | #5 |
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this make me happy to see as they do care about the customizers.
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02-07-2008, 10:10 PM | #6 |
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Good to know Hasbro is actually cool with customizing figures and behind those that do 100% (except in the case of carded figs)
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02-07-2008, 10:20 PM | #7 |
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Nice to have a set of guidelines to follow. For the most part it won't affect my store or anything (when it reopens) but I'd say be cautious on Ebay somewhat.
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02-07-2008, 10:24 PM | #8 |
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What this affects are the jerks out there trying to re-card original figures and sell them as moc. this is happening way to frequently, it is about time a stop was put to this
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02-07-2008, 10:51 PM | #9 |
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So the lesson here for me is....I can make custom cards for myself and post them here but if somebody asks me to buy one....I have to say no. Thats fine with me. Im cool with that.
But it makes me wonder how this guy has stayed in business so long.....or even a better question, why hasbro has never pursued him for violating copyright laws. http://stores.ebay.com/the-334th-joe...QQftidZ2QQtZkm |
02-07-2008, 11:00 PM | #10 |
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It's not the custom card art that is the problem, it is resealing a figure on that card and trying to pass it off as something it is not. that is where the copyright enfringement takes place. A repro card, like a custom figure is not an exact copy. but there are some who are trying to make exact card copies and as i stated before re-seal them and sell them as original product without stating they are fakes or repro-customs
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