Legal Question in Business Law in Washington

You must contact the trademark's owner(s) to license the use of their mark(s). This will involve paying them a royalty, in all likelihood, and they may say "no" (no royalty for "no" answer).

While you may moan and grumble over the existence and necessity of the royalty, your cost of simply using the marks without permission is far, far greater; that would entail paying your IP lawyer a large chunk of money to defend the trademark infringement suit (and yes, they'll find you), and you may end up paying the owner of the mark a pretty penny, being required to destroy the offending merchandise, and have to pay their lawyers' fees, too. Don't go there.

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