{"id":1518,"date":"2018-11-13T17:16:35","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T23:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/esc\/?page_id=1518"},"modified":"2025-09-14T18:30:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T23:30:03","slug":"trademark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/esc\/trademark\/","title":{"rendered":"Trademark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--accordion\">\n\t<div class=\"accordion accordion-flush\" id=\"accordionFlush1639\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"flush-heading_1639_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bs-target=\"#flush-collapse_1639_1\" aria-expanded=\"false\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"flush-collapse_1639_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat is the trademark process and how is it relevant to my club?\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"flush-collapse_1639_1\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\"\n\t\t\t\t\t aria-labelledby=\"flush-heading_1639_1\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordionFlush1639\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body text-content\"><p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.trademark.iastate.edu\/\">Trademark Licensing Office of Iowa State<\/a> is used to make sure that the signs, symbols, and name of Iowa State University are being used appropriately. Clubs that wish to use any protected images and phrases that are trademarked by the university must submit a request through the appropriate channels to do so. Refer to the &#8220;Rules for Trademarked Iowa State Images&#8221; to determine which symbols are trademarked.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"flush-heading_1639_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bs-target=\"#flush-collapse_1639_2\" aria-expanded=\"false\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"flush-collapse_1639_2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMy organization wants to use a trademark! What should I do? What should I expect?\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"flush-collapse_1639_2\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\"\n\t\t\t\t\t aria-labelledby=\"flush-heading_1639_2\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordionFlush1639\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body text-content\"><p>Use the trademark form linked at the bottom of this page (or just use this <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/zeNhUXbzFihKDjc68\">link<\/a>) to fill out the trademark request form. Some key elements to keep in mind while filling out the form:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You are required to know every detail of your intended product before you start the trademark process. These details are:\n<ul>\n<li>Which ESC logo you are placing on the product<\/li>\n<li>Where the logo will be placed<\/li>\n<li>The number of the specific product you are obtaining<\/li>\n<li>An image file of the design (including the ESC logo)<\/li>\n<li>How much each item will cost for the club to purchase<\/li>\n<li>How much the club is selling the item for (if applicable)<\/li>\n<li>The intended use for the product<\/li>\n<li>The vendor from whom you are obtaining the product<\/li>\n<li>A name and the contact information of a representative of the vendor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>You must fill out a request form for each individual product that you are obtaining with the trademarked images. For example, if your club is buying T-shirts with an Iowa State logo and sweatshirts with the same logo, you must fill out one request form for the T-shirts and another for the sweatshirts.<\/li>\n<li>You should allow 2-3 weeks for the request to be processed.\u00a0<strong>Start your request as early as possible!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>There is not much flexibility within the trademark process, but you may email the VP of Communication (isu.esc.communication@gmail.com) with questions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"flush-heading_1639_3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bs-target=\"#flush-collapse_1639_3\" aria-expanded=\"false\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"flush-collapse_1639_3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRules for Trademarked Iowa State Images\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"flush-collapse_1639_3\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\"\n\t\t\t\t\t aria-labelledby=\"flush-heading_1639_3\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordionFlush1639\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body text-content\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1hGWlbjaKxefh0brXMFdCcu1QHFr-mOnyBnywvbcoQJg\/viewform?edit_requested=true&amp;pli=1\">Trademark Documents for Website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"flush-heading_1639_4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"collapse\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bs-target=\"#flush-collapse_1639_4\" aria-expanded=\"false\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"flush-collapse_1639_4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat types of phrases and images need trademark approval?\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"flush-collapse_1639_4\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\"\n\t\t\t\t\t aria-labelledby=\"flush-heading_1639_4\" data-bs-parent=\"#accordionFlush1639\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body text-content\"><p>Any official ISU images and use of &#8220;at Iowa State&#8221; or anything along those lines and your club should submit a trademark form to ensure that you are in compliance with the policy!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--link-block\">\n\t<div class=\"link-block\">\n\t\t<h2>Submitting to Trademark<\/h2>\n\t\t<div class=\"link-set\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/zeNhUXbzFihKDjc68\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   class=\"link-set__link iastate22-link-secondary\" target=\"_blank\">Trademark Form\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1221,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1518","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/esc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/esc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/esc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/esc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/esc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1518"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/esc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5717,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/esc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1518\/revisions\/5717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/esc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}