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Old Thu Feb 07, 2008, 04:22pm
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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...
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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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Old Thu Feb 07, 2008, 05:11pm
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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.
Yes, it means "or", but manufacturer's still modifies each of the words... The NBA is not a manufacturer, so the NBA headbands are technically not legal.
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Old Thu Feb 07, 2008, 06:24pm
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Yes, it means "or", but manufacturer's still modifies each of the words... The NBA is not a manufacturer, so the NBA headbands are technically not legal.
Agreed.

iirc, NCAAW has a specific interp on this.
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Old Thu Feb 07, 2008, 06:25pm
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Official NBA headbands are made by "For Bare Feet" - I know this because according to the tag on the socks I just got in the mail, they're the only company liscensed to make "NBA Logo Socks, Sweatbands, and other accessories."

So the NBA logo on a headband is not a manufacturer's logo. - to backup Brad's point.
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The NBA is not a manufacturer
But their marketing department says they "manufacture excitement"!
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Old Thu Feb 07, 2008, 06:59pm
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Yes, it means "or", but manufacturer's still modifies each of the words... The NBA is not a manufacturer, so the NBA headbands are technically not legal.
Agree, too. The NBA is not a manufacturer. They hire manufacturers to put their trademark on their products. But they are not a manufacturer. That makes the logo illegal.
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Old Thu Feb 07, 2008, 08:10pm
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Yes, it means "or", but manufacturer's still modifies each of the words... The NBA is not a manufacturer, so the NBA headbands are technically not legal.
Does that mean that Nike headbands are also illegal because Nike doesn't manufacture them either? I believe that they buy them from subcontractors.
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