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Re: IndianaFIRST Logo Contest

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Wouldn't those just apply to FIRST's trademarked logos? I never really got the impression that their logo standards were meant for other logos that were inspired by (but different from) the original.
Those standards apply in all cases. Just as you coudn't, say, make a logo for your company, SEABS, that looks like that of SEARS, you can't make alterations to the trademark protected FIRST logo without risking legal action.

More appropriately, you can make any changes you'd like in defiance of those regulations and it is FIRST's responsibility to challenge them so as to maintain trademark protection, as you could do in the example above. You can be sure that Sears would have something to say about it. Similarly, I'm sure FIRST retains legal counsel who would, perhaps begrudgingly, step in if their logo is being prominently misused.

Further, FIRST's rules dictate that the name IndianaFIRST be absent from any logo the organization adopts. Keep that in mind. Is the official nomenclature IndianaFIRST or Indiana FIRST, in any case? I'd question the suitability of the former.

The single caveat is that you may be able to distort their logo in parody. I don't imagine that Indiana FIRST wants to be considered such, however.
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