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Old Thu Feb 07, 2008, 05:08pm
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Originally Posted by Brad
No - they are not legal.

The / is not a separator -- it means that those words are interchangeable. Look at the second part of the sentence -- "school logo/mascot" -- that obviously means "school logo or school mascot" -- not *any* mascot.

"manufacturer's logo/trademark/reference" = "manufacturer's logo or manufacturer's trademark or manufacturer's reference"

That all being said... This is not a big deal and I wouldn't get hung up on it. Also, when in Rome...
Brad hit it with the "or" equality. "/" generally means "or" and the NBA logo is a trademark, made by some manufacturer. Then Nike swoosh is also a trademark. At a camp in MI, I was told it was legal.
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