Cert. for college licensed stuff?

[Gilligan]

Thanks for that info.... I will look into it for sure!

[Clark]

In short if Gotprints or whomever decides to print a shirt with the aggy (misspelled on purpose) logo and they dont have a license, then yes, they are responsible. If a license holder, someone that could possible pay thousands or millions a year in royalties to the university finds out that someone is printing and selling without a license, yu can bet they will be reported. 

Besides, a local license if very easy to get and inexpensive..why not just get one and then sell to all the bookstores in town?

[Lizard]

We do work for more than one Licensed Collegeate dealers.  In every case we have been provided a manufacturers certificate to sign and return to the reselling company.  They are the license holder and are responsible for reporting and paying royalties for the products they market.  As long as you have a copy of this certificate it is the licensee who is responsible to report and pay royalties for merchandise spelled out in the manufacturing agreement.

[IntegrityShirts]

Getting licensed isn't always as easy is signing a piece of paper and paying royalties.  The collegiate license I hold requires a full on application and hefty fee, base garment samples in each style you ever intend to print have to be GIVEN to the college for approval.  Then when you're approved you sign a ridiculously long non-exclusive contract and pay an advance royalty fee or $250.  Then you are on the hook to either pay 10% royalty rate if selling wholesale, or 5% if selling retail.  So if you think up an awesome design that incorporates their trademarks, as soon as it hits the stores and other license holders see it, they can print the same design!

Definitely call the right people and possibly more than one.  Get confirmation in writing or at the very least in an official email from the college or license managing company.  Their number one job is to bust people not paying royalties.

[Gilligan]

Getting licensed isn't always as easy is signing a piece of paper and paying royalties.  The collegiate license I hold requires a full on application and hefty fee, base garment samples in each style you ever intend to print have to be GIVEN to the college for approval.  Then when you're approved you sign a ridiculously long non-exclusive contract and pay an advance royalty fee or $250.  Then you are on the hook to either pay 10% royalty rate if selling wholesale, or 5% if selling retail.  So if you think up an awesome design that incorporates their trademarks, as soon as it hits the stores and other license holders see it, they can print the same design!

Definitely call the right people and possibly more than one.  Get confirmation in writing or at the very least in an official email from the college or license managing company.  Their number one job is to bust people not paying royalties.

That's pretty much the same way it is around here.

[Gilligan]

We do work for more than one Licensed Collegeate dealers.  In every case we have been provided a manufacturers certificate to sign and return to the reselling company.  They are the license holder and are responsible for reporting and paying royalties for the products they market.  As long as you have a copy of this certificate it is the licensee who is responsible to report and pay royalties for merchandise spelled out in the manufacturing agreement.

Right, that's basically what we read at the CLC also.

But what if you provide a one of a kind product and someone contacts you and provides art to put on it.  Again, how am I supposed to know what is protected and what isn't?  I don't know what the state college in Washington's logo looks like.