Sanders camp lawyers acknowledge 'unintentional improper use' of logo

[ProudToBeLiberal]

Bernie Sanders’ campaign has acknowledged the “unintentional improper use” of American Legion’s emblem on campaign materials and is working to halt such use, according to documents obtained by POLITICO on Monday.

The Sanders campaign has come under fire in recent weeks for using the veterans organization’s logo on fliers. “We sincerely appreciate the notification of the unintentional improper use by Sanders of the emblem of The American Legion and the helpful information pertaining to your concerns,” the Seattle-based firm Garvey Schubert Barer said in a statement representing the campaign. “Sanders takes intellectual property matters very seriously and does its best to respectfully and appropriately acknowledge and to not infringe the intellectual property rights of others.”

The firm added that it is working with the campaign to ensure use of the American Legion emblem has ceased and will “make every effort to prevent and prohibit all improper use of the emblem or name of The American Legion in its materials, fliers, or campaign.”

The acknowledgment of improper use of the logo comes after American Legion filed two cease-and-desist letters to Sanders’ campaign within the past three weeks.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/bernie-sanders-american-legion-logo-218945#ixzz3zbAfFfve

[stonecutter357]

1. improper use of American Legion’s emblem .

[nichomachus]

4. Who cares -- American Legion has a sordid history

It was founded as an anti-worker, strike-breaking group and has been patently right wing ever since.

[Bobbie Jo]

9. And Bernie used it, because...?

[Squinch]

13. So Bernie's camp fraudulently claims an endorsement it didnt get for - is it the 4th or 5th time? -

and your response is who cares.

[Art_from_Ark]

22. They didn't claim this as an endorsement, FFS

The flyer featured a picture of some old veteran whose cap bore a barely discernible logo

[procon]

2. And this comes on top of last week's shenanigans:

"Sanders’s campaign in Iowa has included League of Conservation Voters and AARP logos in recent mailers it’s sent to prospective caucusgoers, a subtle effort to tie himself to those groups, if not implying an endorsement. But neither group has backed him. The AARP, which represents retirees, does not endorse candidates, and the League of Conservation Voters, an environmental advocacy group, is supporting Sanders’s Democratic foe, Hillary Clinton."

http://www.newsweek.com/sanders-complaints-iowa-nevada-420806



Every vote counts, but this isn't the way to do it. When the same mistake happens repeatedly, maybe he needs a more professional marketing staff to prevent any more of these intellectual property rights infringements.

[winter is coming]

17. That LVM flyer that wasn't even mailable?

Go ahead, pull the other one.

[procon]

23. Are all flyers mailable?

Postage if expensive, and I suspect that's why I get them more of handed to me directly as I enter and leave stores, or attached to my car, hung on gates and slipped under doors, than actually come in my mailbox. Maybe it's different where you live, yeah?

[winter is coming]

24. This one had a postage block on it, as if it should have been mailed,

but the LVM logo was pasted over the area where the recipient address should have been. Looked like a quick-and-dirty Photoshop job.

[bowens43]

3. hillary is complicit in the deaths of 1/2 million Iraqis....

[brooklynite]

16. IOW the end justifies the means

Bernie's the better candidate so any tactic to help him get elected is okay. Do I have that right?

[H2O Man]

5. This changes EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!

[Alfresco]

6. An unintentional Kick & Rec

[nichomachus]

7. How many people died as a result of this "mistake?"

Was it more or less than died as a result of Hillary's "mistake" in voting to approve war crimes in Iraq?

[Nanjeanne]

8. Well I know I can't vote for Bernie because of logo gate. Who needs healthcare & SS?

[frazzled]

10. How could it possibly be unintentional?

It's basic practice 101, and especially after receiving two warnings over three weeks.

And how many times does this campaign have to apologize?

* For the copying of another candidate's campaign data.
* For calling Planned Parenthood, NARAL, and the Human Rights Campaign "establishment"?
* For distributing literature in Iowa illegally bearing League of Conservation and AARP logos (they've pulled this one before).
* For failing to take the problems at the Veteran's Administration seriously?
* For the harassment conducted by his minions?

And more that I can't even remember. How many free passes do they get? How many blunders and gaffes are okay? How many times would he have to apologize as president?

[winter is coming]

18. How *did* they distribute those LVM flyers without recipient addresses? n/t

[firebrand80]

19. I think Sanders has people working for him

that don't even know the basics

[Art_from_Ark]

21. The logo on the flyer in question is barely discernable

It's on some guy's hat.

[Armstead]

11. Clinton's campaign portrayed Obama as a radical Muslim born in Africa

Did Hillary support the spreading of those memes? Probably not.

But they came from overzealous supporters and/or volunteeers and staffers from her campaign.

It is hypocritical for Clinton and surrogates to insist on a total perfection in the behavior of everyone who supports Bernie.

[Gothmog]

12. This is not the first time that something like this has happened in the Sanders campaign

AARP and another group had issues in Iowa

[MineralMan]

14. Good. I hope they'll be more careful in the future,

It's not good for a campaign to usurp organization logos. It's a serious mistake.

[procon]

15. Curiously, while Sander's campaign has readily admitted the error

and is taking steps to correct the problem, his frenetic followers can't even acknowledge the incidents happened or even offer a miniscule line of support for their own candidate's efforts to prevent recurrences. Their primary focus seems to be a concerted effort at misdirection aimed at Clinton, who is neither mentioned in the article nor accused of similar intellectual property rights infringements.

Some of Sanders' integrity needs to trickle down to his fans.

[frylock]

20. Well this has certainly swayed my decision..

I was going to have rolled tacos for lunch, but instead I think I'll have a sandwich.