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Why does the center ice logo have the copyright symbol?



Why does the center ice logo have the copyright symbol?

by For_Progress_

8 Comments

  1. For_Progress_

    I ask because I don’t see many other center ice logos that have that.

  2. moosebaloney

    That is the Registered trademark symbol. Without it, someone could steal and redistribute the entire ice surface.

  3. shoostar813

    The official ***REGISTERED*** logo will always include the “R”. As it belongs to the organization, they can choose to use it or not (there’s generally no legal requirement to do so). Regarding things like embroidered jersey appliques; sometimes those tiny little fuckers are hard to stitch out without looking like mush (or carving a hole in the fabric). The same could be said for small cut vinyl lettering (maybe on some glass doors to an office?), so I’m sure more often than not, it’s a choice to leave it out due to either practicality, or simply aesthetics.

    I’m sure there’s more to it than this (and regarding copyright/trademark law, there most definitely IS more than this), and I can certainly add a few more points, but I think that gets the basic idea across.

  4. No_Structure4386

    you have to demonstrate consistent use of the ® or you run the risk of losing exclusivity.

  5. togetherwem0m0

    I’d be willing to wager that the stencils were made from a logo which had the registered copyright symbol on it and it just flowed through into the stencil work on ice. I say this because the little caesars logo and lca arena themselves are also likely registered copyrights but they do not feature a registered copyright symbol.

    The existence of the mark doesn’t make it any more copyrighted. They didn’t have to put it there for any legal reason.

  6. In this context its kinda interesting that the Little Ceasars doesn’t have it.

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