Can I buy registered trademark sports team stickers, decorate bottlesandthen sell the bottles on-line without being liable of paying team royalties?

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Can I buy registered trademark sports team stickers, decorate bottlesandthen sell the bottles on-line without being liable of paying team royalties?

Asked on December 5, 2011 under Business Law, Nebraska

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SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 12 years ago | Contributor

Unfortunately, you almost certainly cannot do this. No one may use another's trademark for  his or her own gain without the permission of the trademark's own (which generally means agreeing to pay their licensing fee). If you bought bottles which already had the team trademark on them, you could resell them--people may resell goods that they phsically bought, so long as they do not imply any relationship(s) which do not exit); but adding the team mark to bottles that do not have them would be using the team trademark, which is illegal.


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