Copyrights, Trademarks & Patents
Legal Notices
Ellison Educational Equipment, Inc., doing business as Ellison.com, Sizzix.com, ellisoneducation.com, and ellisonretailers.com ("Ellison" "we" "us" "our"), is dedicated to providing you with a quality online experience as well as making every effort to comply with all applicable laws and maintaining conscientious business practices. Please review the following for further information.
Copyrights
Website: ©1996-2010 Ellison Educational Equipment, Inc. All rights reserved.
To the extent that copyrighted content owned by other companies appears at this Website, it is used with permission. Please contact them directly regarding their usage policies.
Trademarks
Ellison's and other companies' trademarks appear at this Website, including those in the form of logos, product marks, service marks and slogans. Ellison takes great care in the development and protection of its trademarks and reserves all rights of ownership in them. To the extent that trademarks owned by other companies appear at this Website, they are used with permission.
Use of Logos
Ellison owns numerous trademarks, including but not limited to Ellison and Sizzix. The absence of a product or service mark or logo from this list does not constitute a waiver of a product's trademark or other intellectual property rights concerning that name, trademark, service mark or logo. The use of Ellison or Sizzix logos are carefully limited. No other company, individual or entity may use Ellison or Sizzix logos – or any other trademark or logo Ellison owns – unless it has the express written permission of Ellison or is licensed by Ellison to do so. To obtain permission to use any Ellison logo, contact Ellison at 800.253.2238.
Use of Product trademarks in Publications
When using product marks in publications that will be distributed in the United States, include the appropriate TM, SM or ® symbol on first use. For publications that will be distributed outside the United States, do not include trademark symbols. The trademarks, in word and logo form, are registered trademarks in several countries outside the United States.
Remember that trademarks are adjectives and cannot be made plural or possessive.
Fair use of product trademarks
"Fair use" of trademarks allow third parties to make reference (text ONLY) to product names. The following guidelines are published to ensure proper use and reference to product names. While fair use allows use of or reference to product names, it is necessary that the usage be truthful, not disparaging, and does not mislead the public. You must be clear and accurate as to the nature of the relationship between us and your company, its products or services.
Trademarks that appear at the Site
There are numerous trademarks that appear on this Site which are signified by a TM, SM or ® symbol and are product trademarks of their respective companies. Please contact us regarding product trademark inquiries.
Patents
Ellison owns numerous patents in connection with its machine and die products. Please contact us regarding patent inquiries.
