Copyrite Question
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TheCorvetteBen
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Copyrite Question
If I were to make my own Corvette product to market and sell, I would want to use the Stingray symbol, Chevy bowtie symbol, Corvette logo etc....
Here is the question, especially for the vendors on this site:
How do you get permision from Chevrolet to use those? Do you have to pay for it??
I assume the answer to those questions is yes, so how do you go about doing that?
Here is the question, especially for the vendors on this site:
How do you get permision from Chevrolet to use those? Do you have to pay for it??
I assume the answer to those questions is yes, so how do you go about doing that?
Drifting
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You need a to pay a license fee to use any copyrighted/trademark logo.
How much and who to contact....I have no clue.
I would this would be a good place to start.
Manager - Corporate Sales & Marketing Communications
General Motors Corporation - North American Operations
gwendolyn.knapp@gm.com
How much and who to contact....I have no clue.
I would this would be a good place to start.
Manager - Corporate Sales & Marketing Communications
General Motors Corporation - North American Operations
gwendolyn.knapp@gm.com
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TheCorvetteBen
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I agree with the others. Contact GM. You will need to present what the product is, which logo's/art you want to use, quantities, materials, and drawings of your proposed products for review. Often there are time limits for licensing a logo, trademark etc... that need to be renewed each year or what ever the terms of the agreement are.
Also depends on if someone already produces something close to what your idea is. If that's the case, they may turn you down.
Good luck!
Glenn
Also depends on if someone already produces something close to what your idea is. If that's the case, they may turn you down.
Good luck!
Glenn
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Since GM licenses MANY products, from clothing to aftermarket parts, I am sure they have a set fee. I would imagine that your lawyer will get that info, charge you and hand over what you could have done yourself with a little effort.
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Nope. GM just paid back the "bailout" loan with interest. I guess they didn't really need the handout after all. Of course, many of us GM retirees already knew that. The whole bankruptcy 'thing' was just a way for GM to shed it's responsibilities for benefits that most of us worked 30-40 years to get. Oh well. They're just run by a bunch of Ferengi like all of the other big U.S. corporations and financial institutions. People no longer matter....only money. 
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TheCorvetteBen
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Your comment sent me a-googling, because I was thinking, ok, they did pay back the loan, but who OWNS GM ?? And I found:
So it appears to me that the US Government remains the majority owner of GM. Who owns the rest? The unions?
On Tuesday night, the automaker wired $4.7 billion to the U.S. Treasury Department and $1.1 billion to Canada...
But the loan money is only a fraction of the financial support that the federal government gave to GM over the past 12 months to stop it from going out of business.
Overall, GM received $50 billion in federal help. In return, the government got $2 billion in preferred stock and 61% of the company's privately held common shares.
But the loan money is only a fraction of the financial support that the federal government gave to GM over the past 12 months to stop it from going out of business.
Overall, GM received $50 billion in federal help. In return, the government got $2 billion in preferred stock and 61% of the company's privately held common shares.
