I checked and the AFA logo/drawing was copyrighted in 1992 in the US copyright office. Anon looked at the wrong site - the US. Patent Office. The link for AFA is : <http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=American+Ferret++Association&Search_Code=TALL&PID=B7_wHnWSSWnHVXTlZNCYqdnLfRE&SEQ=20120317221301&CNT=25&HIST=1> However if this link does not work (could you check Bill?) - go directly to the US Copyright office at http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First and type in American Ferret Association in the search box. It comes up as registered logo in 1992. The US Patent and Trademark Office has an old mention of AFA which has the mention of it being expired, however you might note their comment I have excerpted below the link. http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/process/search/Tess_tips.jsp 'Some trademark owners with valid and protected trademark rights do not choose to register their marks with the USPTO, so those marks will not be found in this database. However, you should still consider these other marks when adopting a mark for your goods and/or services. If a trademark is being used in the United States, the owner may have legally protected rights that are not the result of the USPTO registration process. You may therefore wish to consult a trademark attorney or professional trademark search firm for a more comprehensive search of, e.g., state registrations and common law marks." So there are several sites where names and logos may be registered or patented. Meryl [Moderator's note: An anonymous poster send the following link about use of copyright and trademark registration symbols: http://tess2.uspto.gov/tmdb/tmep/0900.htm#_T90602 Guess no need to make it a post of its own since it's anonymous. BIG] [Posted in FML 7368]