Fellowship of Christian Athletes® Trademark Use Guidelines

These Trademark Guidelines are prepared by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (hereinafter referred to as “FCA“), and FCA Outdoors sets out rules for high school, college, and homeschool teams, clubs, and other organizations participating in events who wish to use the FCA trademarks, service marks, logos, or images (referred to generally as the “FCA marks”). The FCA marks include but are not limited to any other FCA or FCA Outdoors programs, logos, designs, slogans, taglines, etc.

The FCA trademarks, service marks, trade names, and trade dress are valuable assets of the FCA. By following these guidelines, you help us protect our valuable trademark rights and strengthen our corporate and brand identities. Thank you for caring about the FCA brand!

Scope

By using an FCA mark, in whole or in part, you are acknowledging the rights of the FCA in those marks as the sole owner of those marks, and you are promising that you will not interfere with the FCA's rights. Your use is also an indication that you agree not to use the FCA or FCA Outdoors marks in a descriptive or generic way, and you agree not to challenge the FCA's rights in its marks, including but not limited to its trademark applications and registrations, on any grounds. Your use also indicates that you agree that you will not acquire any rights in the FCA or FCA Outdoors marks and that any goodwill generated by your use of the FCA or FCA Outdoors marks inures solely to the benefit of the FCA. Except for the limited rights to use, as expressly permitted under these guidelines, no other rights of any kind are granted hereunder, by implication or otherwise. If you have any questions regarding these guidelines, please talk to your FCA representative or submit your query to the FCA through our website contact page.

You will need separate written permission from us to use the FCA or FCA Outdoors marks: (i) for any commercial use, including but not limited to merchandising purposes (e.g. T‐shirts, mugs); (ii) for use on or in relation to any copyrighted work of the FCA; or (iii) for use in an attention‐getting or branding manner.

The following statement must be used in all materials using the FCA or FCA Outdoors marks, including but not limited to websites, publications, splash screens, screenshots, or documentation: The following marks: (replace this parenthetical with an identification of the specific marks being used) are trademarks or service marks of the FCA in the United States and other countries and are used with the FCA's permission. Marks include but are not limited to any other FCA or FCA Outdoors programs, logos, designs, slogans, taglines, etc.

Obligations

By using a FCA or FCA Outdoors mark, in whole or in part, you are acknowledging the rights of the FCA in those marks as the sole owner of those marks, and you are promising that you will not interfere with the FCA's rights. Your use is also an indication that you agree not to use the FCA or FCA Outdoors marks in a descriptive or generic way, and you agree not to challenge the FCA's rights in its marks, including but not limited to its trademark applications and registrations, on any grounds. Your use also indicates that you agree that you will not acquire any rights in the FCA or FCA Outdoors marks and that any goodwill generated by your use of the FCA or FCA Outdoors marks inures solely to the benefit of the FCA. Except for the limited rights to use, as expressly permitted under these guidelines, no other rights of any kind are granted hereunder, by implication or otherwise. If you have any questions regarding these guidelines, please talk to your FCA representative or submit your query to the FCA through our website contact page.

You will need separate written permission from us to use the FCA or FCA Outdoors marks: (i) for any commercial use, including but not limited to merchandising purposes (e.g. T‐shirts, mugs); (ii) for use on or in relation to any copyrighted work of the FCA; or (iii) for use in an attention-getting branding manner.

The following statement must be used in all materials using the FCA or FCA Outdoors marks, including but not limited to websites, publications, splash screescreenshots,hotsdocumentation: on: The follow marks (replace this parenthetical with an identification of the specific marks being used) are trademarks or service marks of the FCA in the United States and other countries and are used with the FCA's permission. 

General Information Concerning Use Of A Mark

• Trademarks are adjectives used to modify nouns; the noun is the generic name of a product or service.
• As adjectives, trademarks may not be used in the plural or possessive form.
• An appropriate generic term must appear after the trademark the first time it appears in a printed piece, and as often as is reasonable after that.
• Always spell and capitalize trademarks exactly as they are used by the FCA. Do not shorten or abbreviate any FCA mark. Do not make up names that contain FCA marks.

Permitted Use

You may include on your communications or webpages a link to the FCA website at www.fcaOutdoors.com for the purpose of directing your visitors to the FCA Outdoors website, so long as the linking is not done in a manner that implies affiliation with, sponsorship by, or endorsement by the FCA.

A copy of the approved FCA logo is located below. Only a copy of this logo is an approved use subject to the other limitations of these guidelines. FCA may modify this logo from time to time and without prior notice, so we recommend that you refer to this link on a regular basis.

The following requirements set forth the rules that must be followed for permitted use or display of the FCA marks:

• the FCA’s marks must appear distinct and separate from your company or product name;
• reference to the FCA or its marks must not create a sense of endorsement, sponsorship, or false association with the FCA;
• an approved product or service descriptor must follow FCA’s marks ‐ never vary the spelling, hyphenation or spacing of any portion of the FCA marks;
• use of the FCA marks only as an adjective and not as a verb or noun or in possessive or plural form, and;
• scale the size of the FCA marks to suit your needs, but you may not modify any of the FCA marks or patches in any other way (such as by changing the design or color or the relative proportions of the elements which comprise the logo, modifying the logo or design, or adding or deleting any words).
  

Incorrect Use

The following are examples of unauthorized uses of the FCA marks:

• using the FCA marks in an attention-getting or branding manner, or used as part of a product or service name;
• incorporating the FCA logo(s) into any other logo or design;
• using the FCA marks in a way that suggests that you or your company, product, website, service, or organization are approved, sponsored, affiliated or endorsed with the FCA or its products or services in any way without prior written approval from the FCA;
• displaying the FCA marks on any website that disparages the FCA or its products or services, infringes any FCA intellectual property or other rights, or violates any law or regulation;
• framing or altering the mnclaytarget.com website;
• using the FCA marks or any other graphic, symbol or logo in a manner that disparages the FCA, or damages the brand integrity, including use of the FCA marks in a manner that is, in the FCA opinion, offensive, defamatory, illegal or unethical; and
• using trademarks, logos, derivatives, variations, foreign language equivalents, abbreviations, or other content that is confusingly similar to the FCA marks, FCA-owned graphics, symbols, or any logos.

The preceding examples are illustrative rather than an exhaustive list of types of unauthorized uses of the FCA marks. All rights not explicitly granted in these guidelines are expressly reserved by the FCA.

Logo Downloads & Questions

If you have any questions, or if you would like to use a logo, please contact us.