Yes, we do, Greg. The circle R symbol is as you say: for granted trademarks from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. We have had the diamond logo, the QST letters and the DXCC letters registered for years, among quite a few others. 73, Chris W3KD On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 12:39 PM, G Widin <gpwidin@comcast.net> wrote:
Harold, Regarding the use of the circle R symbol, this means that this is not only a trademark, but a *registered* trademark, which requires filing and, I believe, maintenance fees. Am I right therefore that we actually maintain these properties as registered? 73, Greg, K0GW
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 11:17 AM, Kramer, Harold, WJ1B <wj1b@arrl.org> wrote:
Mike,
After discussion with Chris, we told them that, like any other party, they had to ask permission to use the DXCC logo or any of our other trademarks. Chris provided us with specific language that any party who uses the logos now needs to use . Here it is: The ARRL diamond logo, "QST" and "DXCC" are registered trademarks of the American Radio Relay League, Incorporated and are used by permission.” Deb Jahnke will also be sending this information to all of our advertisers.
RemoteHamRadio cannot take back their newsletter, but they will need to ask permission in the future and we will evaluate their request on a case by case basis.
Chris recommended that we also add the ® symbol to the DXCC logo and that other parties who use the logo do the same. Based on that recommendation, we are in the process of adding this symbol to our web pages and other material. For example, you will now notice it here : https://p1kexternal.arrl.org/onlinedxcc/
Regards/73,
Harold
Harold Kramer, WJ1B
ARRL Chief Operating Officer
860 594 0220
*From:* Lisenco, Mike (DIR, Hudson) *Sent:* Tuesday, February 10, 2015 10:44 AM *To:* Kramer, Harold, WJ1B; arrl-odv *Subject:* Logo USage
Harold,
What is the status of the logo usage by RHR? Have they been told to stop?
73 de Mike N2YBB
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