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We were told at our Leadership Conference this winter that Alpha Gamma Delta is signing on with Affinity as well. Which of your marks are trademarked is up to your organization, so it will vary. For us, it's Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Gam, the greek letters of Alpha Gamma Delta, our badge, and our coat of arms. We were told that if we didn't start trying to protect our marks, we would lose them. They recommended using the greeklicensing web site to get quotes. For example, you put in what you're looking for and you'll get back 3 quotes for the item and then you can choose which one you want and order it online. I believe this was primarily for garments. They told us that the GLOs that had already done this had a lot more variety of merchandise available (which seemed to be true after doing some searches). They also said they'd work with local vendors that are commonly used to help get them licensed.
I inquired about when we make our own things and they said that members can use the marks as long as they don't make money off of them. They can be made as gifts for other sisters with no problem.
They also then have control over things like thongs with letters on them and the shorts with letters on the butt.
We haven't gotten any more information about it since then, so I'm not sure if our contract with Affinity is a done deal yet or not.
Dee
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