Well, it depends.If the logo’s yours or you’ve got the legal green light to use it, then you can stick it on a shirt and sell that shirt.Here are the main things to think about:
You Own the Logo
If you made the logo yourself or your company designed it, then you’ve got the sole rights to use and make copies of it. You can go ahead and put it on a shirt and sell the shirt as part of your business or for promoting your stuff. That’s because you’re the copyright or trademark owner of the logo. So, you get to call the shots on how it’s used and sold.
You Got Permission from the Logo Owner
If the logo belongs to someone else or another company, you gotta get the right permission from the owner if you want to use it on a shirt to sell. Usually, this means you have to make a licensing deal with the logo owner. You’ll talk about how you can use it, like for how long (that’s the duration of the license), where you can sell the shirts (the territory), and if you need to pay them some money, like a royalty or a fee.
If you don’t get this permission and just put someone else’s logo on a shirt and sell it, you’re breaking their intellectual property rights. And that can get you in big trouble, like getting sued and having to pay damages.
Fair Use or Limited Exceptions
Sometimes, there might be a few special cases where you can use a logo without permission and it might be okay under fair use or some other legal exceptions. But these cases are really rare and usually don’t work for selling shirts for profit.
For example, if you use a logo in a news story, a critical review, or for educational reasons, that might be fair use. But just putting it on a shirt to make money? Nah, that usually doesn’t fit the bill for fair use.
