Dear Mr. Wood:
I am
in-house counsel for the Boy Scouts of America (“BSA”) and am
writing in regard to your use of various Boy Scouts of America
trademarks, emblems, insignia, and other indicia (“BSA Marks”)
on and in connection with leather belts sold via your website,
www.newcreationleathercraft.com/boy_scouts.htm.
I
learned from your website that you are an Eagle Scout and once
earned the Leathercraft Merit Badge. We are pleased that the
skills you learned and practiced as a Scout have served you so
well. (let me interject here...whatever
little project I made for the badge did not launch me into my
career, my friend's dad taught me the skills who owned a leather
shop...just giving credit, where credit is due).
However, I must inform you that the use of any BSA Marks for a
commercial purpose—including making, advertising, and selling
products—requires written authorization from the BSA National
Council. We cannot find any record of you having received such
authorization, and so we must insist that you stop using the BSA
Marks on and in connection with your products. We must avoid
misleading consumers as to the relationship between the BSA and
your products and services when, in fact, no relationship
exists.
Within
fourteen (14) business days of this email, please remove the BSA
Corporate Logo (Fleur-de-lis with eagle and shield) from the
background of your webpage and stop selling, advertising,
promoting, or displaying any products bearing any trademark,
trade name, emblem, rank insignia, logo, or other indicia of the
BSA. Furthermore, please immediately stop accepting orders for
any BSA products.
Please
confirm your receipt of this email and your intention to comply
with our requests. If you have any questions or wish to discuss,
please contact me directly.
Thank
you for your understanding and cooperation.
Sincerely,
Burgin Hardin |
Licensing and Contracts Attorney
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
NATIONAL COUNCIL
Legal Department
2109 Westinghouse
Blvd | P.O. Box 7143
Charlotte, NC 28241-7143
P 704.588.4260 x494 |
F 704.583.8232
burgin.hardin@scouting.org
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xox
