QUOTE (jcguy @ Apr 7 2005, 08:21 AM)
I'm concerned though, about the images used on the home page. He/she created a logo using Yahoo and google's official logos. You can be sued for trademark infringement for that if you did not have approval or permission to use their logos.
Yeah... I fully agree with that... It looks like they made it in paint!
And there is still the ® and TM in both logos and NO copyright statement!
After looking on Google's website, I found this bit of information located at:
http://www.google.com/permissions/trademarks.html.
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Rules for Proper Trademark Usage:
-Distinguish the trademark from the surrounding text in some way. Capitalize the first letter, CAPITALIZE or italicize the entire mark, place the mark in quotes, use a different type style or font for the mark than for the generic name.
-Use the trademark ONLY as an adjective, NEVER as a noun or verb, and NEVER in the plural or possessive form.
-Use a generic term following the mark, for example: GOOGLE search engine, Google search, GOOGLE web search.
-NEVER modify a mark, for example, through hyphenation, combination or abbreviation, such as: Googliscious, Googlyoogly, GaGooglemania
-Normally, an unregistered mark should be followed by the superscripted letters TM or SM to give notice that the company claims trademark rights in the term. A registered trademark should be followed by the symbol ® to identify the term as a registered trademark. In advertising copy, notice of trademark rights may be provided in a footnote format – e.g., by placing an asterisk adjacent to the mark and placing an appropriate notice at the bottom of the page on which the asterisk appears. Example: *GOOGLE is a trademark of Google Inc.
-Trademark rights vary from country to country. Some countries have severe criminal and civil penalties for improper use of the registration symbol. Therefore, do not use the registration symbol (®) in countries where the mark has not been registered.
And the MAJOR violation:
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Use only Google-approved artwork when using Google's logos. Do not make any changes or modifications to the logos.
That image is a modification to the logo so it is an illegal image and Google can take action such as sue the guy. And I bet Yahoo has simalar trademark usage rules as well.
I also did a whois search and it appears it is hosted on a private server because the domain points to "no-ip.com" NS servers. And I think I know how he did this. I could probably code one but I don't want to get sued by Google, Yahoo, Altavista and any other one. But I could probably make a page to enter a search term and then go to another page to select which search engine to use but this is the wrong forum for that!
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