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We at SparkleShare love it when people talk about SparkleShare, build
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businesses around SparkleShare and produce products that make life
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better for SparkleShare users and developers. We do, however, have a
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trademark, which we are obliged to protect. The trademark gives us
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the exclusive right to use the term to promote websites, services,
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businesses and products. Although those rights are exclusively ours,
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we are happy to give people permission to use the term under most
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circumstances.
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The following is a general policy that tells you when you can refer
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to the SparkleShare name and logo without need of any specific
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permission from SparkleShare:
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First, you must make clear that you are not SparkleShare and that you
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do not represent SparkleShare. A simple disclaimer on your home page
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is an excellent way of doing that.
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Second, you may not incorporate the SparkleShare name or logo into
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the name or logo of your website, product, business or service.
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Third, you may use the SparkleShare name (but not the SparkleShare
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logo) only in descriptions of your website, product, business or
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service to provide accurate information to the public about yourself.
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Fourth, you may not use the SparkleShare graphical logo.
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If you would like to use the SparkleShare name or logo for any other
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use, please contact us and we’ll discuss a way to make that happen.
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We don’t have strong objections to people using the name for their
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websites and businesses, but we do need the chance to review such use.
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Generally, we approve your use if you agree to a few things, mainly:
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(1) our rights to the SparkleShare trademark are valid and superior to
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yours and (2) you’ll take appropriate steps to make sure people don’t
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confuse your website for ours. In other words, it’s not a big deal,
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and a short conversation (usually done via email) should clear
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everything up in short order.
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If you currently have a website that is using the SparkleShare name and
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you have not gotten permission from us, don’t panic. Let us know, and
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we’ll work it out, as described above.
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