MediaG3 (MDGC)

[Cassandra]

A company's logo and website are trademarks and part of its intellectual property. Unauthorized use is IP theft. That IS of concern to in-house legal counsel. Trademark enforcement is part of their job.

Val Westergard and John Lehne are implying an endorsement by these companies -- that Mesh Global is legitimate enough to have strategic relationships with them. Even if these companies did have a relationship with MGI, Val and John would still need to obtain express permission to use their logos and to link to their websites.

Here's a cease and decist letter sent by Intel:
http://www.rcollins.org/IntelVsCollins/IntelLetter1.html

Google example:

It has come to our attention that you are using the GOOGLE logo on your website (www.locallytype.com/pages/submit.htm) without our express written permission. Please note that we allow use of our logo only if we have granted express written permission; see www.google.com/permissions/guidelines.html. Such unauthorized use constitutes trademark infringement and unfair competition under both federal and state laws. It misleads consumers into believing that some association exists between you and Google; and it weakens the ability of the GOOGLE mark and name to identify a single source, namely, Google.

http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-08-17-n67.html

It doesn't show integrity for Val and John to be using all of those logos, most certainly without permission.

I believe that all of the companies whose logos are on the Mesh Global website would like to know and would likely object to infringement of their trademarks.

I left a message for in-house counsel for Ubiquiti Networks yesterday and received a return call today. He is out of the country so, I am going to e-mail information to the person who returned my call.