Trademark Policy

The objective of The Geekettes Club trademark policy is to encourage widespread use of The Geekettes Club trademark by The Geekettes Club community while controlling that use in order to avoid confusion on the part of The Geekettes Club users and the general public, to maintain the value of the image and reputation of the trademark and to protect them from inappropriate or unauthorised use.

The sections below describe what is allowed, what isn’t allowed, and cases in which you should ask permission.

If you have any doubt, please contact us and a member of our team will be in touch with you shortly.

If you are aware a breach or misuse of The Geekettes Club trademark in any way, we would appreciate you bringing this to our attention. Please contact us so that we can investigate this further.

The Trademark

Wave Marketing, LLC owns the trademark – The Geekettes Club™.  Any mark using ‘Geekettes’ is sufficiently similar to the trademark that permission will be needed in order to use it. This policy encompasses this mark, in word and logo form.

Permitted Use

Certain use of the Trademark is fine and no specific permission from us is needed, provided:

• the Trademark is used in a manner consistent with the Usage Guidelines below
• there is no commercial intent behind the use
• what you are referring to is in fact The Geekettes Club. If someone is confused into thinking that what isn’t The Geekettes Club is in fact The Geekettes Club, you are probably doing something wrong
• there is no suggestion (through words or appearance) that your project is approved, sponsored, or affiliated with The Geekettes Club or its related projects unless it actually has been approved by and is accountable to The Geekettes Club Executive Team.

Restricted use that requires a trademark license

Permission from us is necessary to use the Trademark under any circumstances other than those specifically permitted above. These include:

• Any commercial use.
• Use in a domain name or URL.
• Use for merchandising purposes, e.g. on t-shirts and the like.
• Services relating to any of the above.

If you wish to have permission for any of the uses above or for any other use which is not specifically referred to in this policy, please contact us and we’ll let you know as soon as possible if your proposed use is permissible. Permission may only be granted subject to certain conditions.

While there may be exceptions, it is very unlikely that we will approve Trademark use in the following cases:

• Use of a Trademark in a company name.
• Use of a Trademark in a domain name which has a commercial intent. The commercial intent can range from promotion of a company or product, to collecting revenue generated by advertising.
• Use in combination with any other marks or logos. This include use of a Trademark in a manner that creates a “combined mark,” or use that integrates other wording with the Trademark in a way that the public may think of the use as a new mark (for example The Geekettes Club Shop, or in a way that by use of special fonts or presentation with nearby words or images conveys an impression that the two are tied in some way).
• Use in combination with any product or service which is presented as being Certified or Official or formally associated with us or our products or services.
• Use in a way which implies an endorsement where that doesn’t exist, or which attempts to unfairly or confusingly capitalise on the goodwill or brand of the project.
• Use of a Trademark in a manner that disparages The Geekettes Club, or its products and is not clearly third-party parody.
• In a title or metatag of a web page whose sole intention or result is to influence search engine rankings or result listings, rather than for discussion, development or advocacy of The Geekettes Club Trademark.

Logo Usage Guidelines

Our logos are presented in multiple colours and it is important that their visual integrity be maintained. It is therefore preferable that the logos only be used in their standard form but if you should feel the need to alter them in any way you should keep the following guidelines in mind. It should also be borne in mind that the more you wish to vary our logos from their standard form the smaller is the chance that we will be able to approve your proposed use.

• If presented in multiple colours, the logo should only use the “official” logo colours.
• You may use transparency and gradient/depth tools but should retain the “official” colours.
• A monochrome version may be acceptable in certain situations, if the use requires it (e.g. desktop backgrounds).
• Any scaling must retain the original proportions of the logo.