FIRST logo

[Petey]

Originally Posted by jonathan lall

They won't approve a change so drastic. I suggest you make it the normal one off their website now.

They don't allow any modifications. I had a nice conversation with a Mr. Ken Freitas about this.

Chris,

The logo should be used as is. Alterations do erode the legal trademark protection.

Thanks
Ken

At 03:03 PM 1/12/2004 -0500, you wrote:
Thank you for the response. While I am disappointed that I cannot use my version of the logo, I understand.

What are the parameters for alteration of the FIRST logo? I need to know this so I can change the logo so, while it is still in compliance with the guidelines you have, it is also consistent with our web site's color scheme.

Thank you,

--Chris Peterson
On Jan 12, 2004, at 2:03 PM, Ken Freitas wrote:

Chris,

Thanks for your note and request for logo usage permission.

Unfortunately, the FIRST logo cannot be altered as submitted.
Trademark protection does not allow the logo/trademark to be altered as such.

The FIRST logo is available on our FIRST Robotics Competition Resource Center.at the following link:
http://www.usfirst.org/volunteers/re...ics/index.html


Thanks for your understanding and cooperation,
Ken Freitas


At 12:23 PM 1/11/2004 -0500, you wrote:
Hello Mr. Freitas.

My name is Chris Peterson. I am the primary webmaster for team 1073.

After having read the updated Website Design Award rubric, I realized that our teams website, http://www.theforceteam.com, was missing a very important component: namely, a relatively prominent link back to the FIRST webpage using the FIRST logo.

To remedy this problem, I fooled around with the FIRST logo in Photoshop so that the inclusion of the logo and link would meet the criteria for the color scheme as well.

It was only afterwards that someone at ChiefDelphi kindly informed me that I was not allowed to alter the FIRST logo without consulting FIRST...er, first.

The image in question can be seen at http://www.theforceteam.com/Images/Links/firstlink.gif. To see how it is incorporated into our website navbar, please visit http://www.theforceteam.com.

I believe that this image meets the criteria for "Positive Promotion". I also plan to include information on how we "legally" changed the logo for the purposes of our website.

Please let me know what you think ASAP.

Thank you,
--Chris Peterson
Webmaster for Team 1073