Can i get sued for reselling candy?
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Can i get sued for reselling candy?
I have started a small business where i buy different popular candy mix it in a name brand glass jar and resell it. I have a
Asked on April 25, 2019 under Business Law, Texas
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
You can resell candy (with one exception; see below), but you *can't* use another company's brand name at all, not even on the glass, without their permission--doing so would be violating their trademark and/or copyright. The physical candy may be sold, but their intellectual property cannot be used.
Note that if the packages that any of the candy you bought came in had any statement on them that "no for resale," then you can't resell it--in buying items that came with the statement, "not for resale," you effectively contractually agreed to not resell.
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