Trademark question.

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  gagaunited · Member · Oct 21, 2011 at 7:41 pm

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  Hi, is it okay for me to put this in a twxt widget on my site: ‘All original media used on this page is copyrighted by it’s respective owners. All trademark used belongs to it’s respective owners.’?

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  sl1k · Member · Oct 21, 2011 at 8:22 pm

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  I can’t see why not it comes across as a respectful disclaimer to your blog audience.
  -SK

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  gagaunited · Member · Oct 21, 2011 at 9:15 pm

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  Thank you. I don’t want any problems so i think the trademark owner would be okay with me just saying this on my site, would you agree?

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  timethief · Member · Oct 21, 2011 at 9:24 pm

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  Trademark infringement usually involves using someone’s trademark on a good or service in a way that may confuse others about the source or affiliation of the goods or services. Intellectual property owners can report items that allegedly infringe on their rights just as copyright holders can. Generally speaking trademarked media can be used for Personal, Non-Commercial Use, provided appropriate attribution is used. If you are going to use trademarked media on your site then I suggest you become familiar with the Limitations of Fair Use.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 21, 2011 at 9:26 pm

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  @gagaunited
  Note: We Volunteers answering questions on this support forum are your fellow bloggers. We are not legal experts and we do not deign to provide legal advice as doing so amounts to practicing law without a license. If you need legal advice then you will not be able to get it from us — you need to get it from an attorney who specializes in trademark and copyright issues.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 21, 2011 at 9:30 pm

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  P.S. Your WordPress.com username is linked to a blog you deleted. Please link it to your active blog. Dashboard -> Users -> Personal Settings -> then scroll down to Account Details. Then scroll down to where it says ‘Website‘ select the URL for your primary wordpress.com blog and then save changes.

  Then every time you sign into the forum we can all click on your username and your blog will be linked to it. And every time you leave a comment on a blog your username can be likewise clicked and your blog can be instantly located.

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  gagaunited · Member · Oct 22, 2011 at 2:29 pm

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  Thanks a lot, and yeah done it, totally forgot about it before.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 22, 2011 at 5:07 pm

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  You may want to post a Fair Use Notice like I have done at the end of this page as well as your notice above. I will leave that to you to decide. Happy blogging!