VA250 Logo Usage & License Policy

Background

The Virginia American Revolution 250 Commission created a logo for its use in promoting the American Revolution Semiquincentennial. All rights of logo usage are reserved for the Commission unless expressly granted otherwise. Any local VA250 committee, museum, historical site, or educational institution wishing to be identified with the Commission may apply for specific uses of the logo, or versions thereof.

Permitted versions of the logo for licensees are as follows:

Standard Logo

Logo with Website

Solid Color Logo

Customized logos (anything other than the three standard versions above) must be requested through the custom logo request form.

Any use of the logo, customized or not, is subject to the quality control standards of the Commission, and the Commission will own all trademark rights resulting from any use of the logo. The Commission reserves the right in its discretion to immediately terminate a licensee’s use of any logo at any time if the Commission becomes dissatisfied with the use of its logo in connection with an event or activity or by a licensee generally.

Requirements

1. Certain events or activities shall not receive the endorsement, explicit or implicit, of the Commission, and the logo shall not be affiliated with such events or activities, which include but shall not be limited to the following:
   • Any event or activity sponsored by a fraternal, political, advocacy, or heritage group; any battle reenactment; any commercial product, publication, or production, other than those sponsored by the Commission; historical fiction or nondocumentary theater or film productions.
2. An Application to use a VA250 Commission Logo must be completed for either a customized local committee logo or each project, event, or activity by another entity, even if the entity is attaching a VA250 logo to one of its own projects, events, or activities.
   • The application must be filled out completely and a draft, proof, copy, or mock-up of material on which a VA250 logo is to be used or affixed must accompany each application.
   • Drafts, proofs, copy or mock-ups are not required for a customized local committee logo. However, annually each December, the Commission will request a report showing all instances of use of the customized logo during that calendar year. Failing to timely respond to the request will automatically terminate the authority to use an approved customized local committee logo.
3. The Executive Director may grant provisional authorization for any use of a VA250 logo, but it must be in writing or by e-mail. The full Commission or the Executive Committee will make the final decision to grant or deny every application. Applicants may be asked to provide additional information to the Commission or Executive Committee or to answer questions about proposed use of a customized local committee logo or a VA250 logo. Commission staff will notify the applicant when the application is approved and provide written authorization to use the customized local committee logo or a VA250 logo as approved by the Commission.

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