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Located along California’s 17-Mile Drive sits a tree named The Lone Cypress. The tree is located between Cypress Point and Pebble Beach golf courses. The Pebble Beach company has registered a trademark for the likeness of this cypress, and asserts restriction on its use.  Content featuring The Lone Cypress tree is not suitable for commercial use.

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The Merlion is a registered mark of the Singapore Tourism Board and is copyright protected. Imagery of the Merlion should be avoided in commercial use content. Provided it appears in context and is not the sole focus of the imagery, content featuring the Merlion may be suitable for editorial use. 

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As a not-for-profit organisation, Australian Wool Innovation works alongside Australia’s 60,000 woolgrowers to invest in research, develop and marketing along the global wool supply chain. The Woolmark Company is a subsidiary of Australian Wool Innovation and is the owner of the iconic Woolmark logo. The Woolmark logo is the world’s best-known textile quality fibre brand, representing a

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When making content for commercial use, consider the objects featured within the content you create. Whether it be furniture, apparel, perfume, jewelry, or other accessories, high-end luxury goods are highly designed and often have associated rights. Sometimes the shape of an object alone is enough to afford it protection, so simply removing product names, logos or other markings from

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The University of Otago is a public university located in New Zealand. The university holds a registered trademark in connection to their Registry Building, which features a prominent clock tower.  Content featuring the Registry Building and clock tower is unsuitable for commercial use when this landmark is the main focus or subject of the imagery. 

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The University of Wisconsin owns trademarks in the design of chairs featured on campus. The design of the Wisconsin University chairs, including the flower “burst” design are registered trademarks with the US Patent and Trademark office. The university chairs (and other trademarks) should be avoided in content intended for commercial use, however may be acceptable in

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US state welcome signs often contain trademarked components including phrases, artwork and design.  Because of this, they are not suitable for commercial use  These signs are acceptable in editorial.   This would also include city or town welcome signs and possible other road signs which would also fall into the same trademark protection and would only

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Wyoming trademarked their famous symbol of their state, the bucking horse and rider, in 1936.   Content featuring this symbol is not acceptable in creative collections but is acceptable in editorial ones.   

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