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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Neil Grainger on February 21, 2008, 06:09:49 pm

Title: Take a look at This
Post by: Neil Grainger on February 21, 2008, 06:09:49 pm

Just checked local Yell listings for Carpet Cleaners Yateley and found this

www.scotchgard.org.uk
its a carpet cleaners link. Is it legal.

Title: Re: Take a look at This
Post by: stevegunn on February 21, 2008, 06:14:59 pm

Why not prochem sell it so you can market that you use scotchgard

Title: Re: Take a look at This
Post by: lands on February 21, 2008, 06:25:42 pm

But surely not that in that name Steve.

Title: Re: Take a look at This
Post by: mark shannon on February 21, 2008, 06:57:57 pm

Scotchgard's a registered trade mark you can advertise you sell their product BECAUSE YOU DO  but not IMO  call a company Scotchgard. I wouldn't want to come up against a 3M lawyer

Title: Re: Take a look at This
Post by: John Kelly on February 21, 2008, 07:27:29 pm

There are loads of companies selling this stuff. I don't think that one has called itself Scotchgard whatever, just the website name. 3M must have lost millions when they cocked up on the original formulae so I imagine they will be quite happy having as many people as possible selling it now. As Steve says your local Prochem dealers can now supply it.

Title: Re: Take a look at This
Post by: Bennie25 on February 21, 2008, 09:04:18 pm

So we can use the name and logo in our advertising?

Title: Re: Take a look at This
Post by: garyj on February 21, 2008, 09:41:09 pm

Quote from: Bennie25 on February 21, 2008, 09:04:18 pm

So we can use the name and logo in our advertising?

Well, why not? What are they going to do? Take a little carpet cleaning company to court for saying they are using their products. If you are using Scotchguard I really don''t see the problem.

Would Vanish kick up if you stated in your advertising you were using it? Nope.

I'll give it a go on my website.

Title: Re: Take a look at This
Post by: Ian Gourlay on February 25, 2008, 07:31:52 am

I have never seen what fuss  is about if you use it you can advertise it

Only problem I had was I could not buy it so I could not advertise it.

Now if i have a good week I can buy it so I can Advertise it

I advertise Promite so why not Scotchguard

I do not know if £m have registered the word but I see no reason why you could not have a website

www.scotchguard-essex. co.uk unless doug has already done it ;D