THE ORIGINAL VAPORBROTHERS® VAPORIZER
Vaporbrothers, Inc.
ABOUT OUR TRADEMARKS
Q: What is "Vaporbrothers?"
Vaporbrothers® and the VB logo are the trademarks for a wide range of vaporizers and other aromatherapy and homeopathic products manufactured by Vaporbrothers, Inc., its affiliates, and its licensees, and sold by authorized Vaporbrothers resellers around the world. Both trademarks belong to Vaporbrothers, Inc.
Q: What do mean by the word "trademark?"
Think of a trademark as anything – a word, a phrase, a symbol, a design, or a combination of any or all of these things – that uniquely identifies the source of a particular product or service. Trademarks have commercial value because they help companies to distinguish themselves and their offerings from other entities and products.
Q: Who may sell Vaporbrothers® products on eBay®?
Only Vaporbrothers, Inc., its affiliates, and its licensees may advertise that they sell genuine Vaporbrothers® brand products. Other companies may sell vaporizers or other aromatherapy and homeopathic products, but neither you nor they have the right to use the Vaporbrothers® mark with those products without permission. eBay® buyers and sellers should note that Vaporwarehouse is the only eBay® store currently authorized as a Vaporbrothers® reseller; no other store may use our name and marks.
Q: eBay® notified me that my auction was canceled because you complained about it. Why did you cancel my auction?
Vaporbrothers® has no authority to cancel any eBay® auction; that power resides solely with eBay®. However, we would petition eBay® to cancel an auction if someone has engaged in infringing, misleading, or other wrongful use of our trademarks. Our trademarks mean a lot to us, and we will take all appropriate action to ensure that they not only get used properly, but also that no one associates our trademarks with goods or products that are not genuine Vaporbrothers® brand products – products that meet our standards for safety, quality, and reliability.
We may have objected to your auction for one or more of the following reasons:
1. If your auction included an offer to sell vaporizers identified as “Vaporbrothers” or displayed the VB logo, but you do not indicate that you are selling a pre-owned product or a product purchased by a recognizable authorized reseller, and we have not authorized you as a reseller, then your offer may mislead buyers and infringe upon our trademarks.
2. If your auction offered to sell a product that features vaporizers or other aromatherapy and homeopathic products (such as herb blends, glass, and other accessories) and you used “Vaporbrothers” or even just "Brothers" to describe the products, but the auction actually references or includes another brand of vaporizer or aromatherapy and homeopathic products, then your use of “Vaporbrothers," "Vapor Brothers," or "Brothers" infringes upon our trademarks.
3. If your auction quoted text from our instruction manual, Web site, warranty, or other printed material, you plagiarized our copyrighted work. We control the use of all text, logos, photographs, images, products (including their titles and descriptions), designs, and other information used in any of our Web sites and in the finished products, which we design, create, produce, sell, or otherwise handle. This control extends to any of our eBay® auctions and eBay® store listings. We may therefore search eBay® listings from time to time and take all appropriate action to protect our copyrights and marks against unauthorized use and infringement.
4. If your auction included the terms “Vapor Brothers,” “VB,” or the VB logo, you failed to use our trademarks properly.
Q: What is the proper way to use your trademarks?
If you want to reference genuine Vaporbrothers® brand products, you should follow these three guidelines to use our trademarks properly:
1. The mark should appear as one word followed by the trademark symbol: ® We also use the word “brand” following the mark. Thus you would write: “Vaporbrothers® brand.”
2. Since there are many different Vaporbrothers® brand products, the word “brand” must also be followed by the generic name of the type of product you are selling, such as “vaporizers” or “herb blends.” For example, you might say “We only sell genuine Vaporbrothers® brand vaporizers.”
3. When you use our marks to identify a Vaporbrothers® product, take care that you avoid giving the impression that you own the marks. You can safely avoid this misunderstanding if you include a notice statement that says: “Vaporbrothers® is a trademark of Vaporbrothers, Inc.” or “Vaporbrothers® and the VB logo are trademarks of Vaporbrothers, Inc.”
