Protecting a Logo

[Grays_1890]

Quick one

My local football club was sponsored by a small company which is long dissolved. I have a copy of the company logo and I am helping the club use it to produce some historic club merchandise etc.

Is there a way to protect the logo as an asset or to stop it being used to spoil the original idea?

Could you for example register the company name as a social enterprise if all money is going to a local cause?

 

[Glenda's Legs]

Quick one

My local football club was sponsored by a small company which is long dissolved. I have a copy of the company logo and I am helping the club use it to produce some historic club merchandise etc.

Is there a way to protect the logo as an asset or to stop it being used to spoil the original idea?

Could you for example register the company name as a social enterprise if all money is going to a local cause?

You'd possibly need to register the logo as a trademark to prevent it being used elsewhere. But as it's the logo of a former company, it might already be trademarked? I have no idea what happens to a registered trademark if the company to which it belongs no longer exists, but the original owner of the company for example might still have rights over its marks. Definitely worth checking (apologies if you already have) before too much work is done/money spent.
You can check here https://www.gov.uk/search-for-trademark

Hope it works out - sounds like an interesting project.

 

[Baleforce]

I didn’t know JVC had gone out of business?

 

[scaramanga]

My son keeps all of his in a big, brick shaped bucket.

 

[MKSpur]

My son keeps all of his in a big, brick shaped bucket.

See I read that as a big, sh1t shaped bucket...I also smile to myself if I see clam chowder on a menu.