Are we not allowed to use the word"Marine" anymore???.. I just had cards sent back for edits and or approved with edits . The reviewer said I can not use the word Marine???... I thought and just read again the we can use the singular version of "Marine".
 
I spent several hours sometime back changing my keywords to comply to this rule and now this chap says I can't use the word Marine... can I get some clarification on this please?
 
Thanks,
Bill
 

Oh dear we went through this one a while back,
I contacted the Marines
 
YES.... you can use the word marine because the USA Marine's don't own the name,  
what you can't do is refer to their logos sayings etc.
 
They cant copywrite the word Marine because it came from the days  
when boats were first invented.
 
There is to much confusion of the actual Marine word and the Marine' usa guy told me:
 
Correctly stated Tanya, there are multiple "Marine" organizations in the world, if a card was created that said "I love my Marine" and it incorporated USMC branding such as our color pallet and words like "Semper Fi" then it would clearly be marketed as a U.S. Marine Corps product. Licensing would be required in this case.
 
We require licensing based on context in this case.... so stay away from the colours, but put the word Marine in whatever, stay away from Sampa Fi or whatever and no usa flag.
 
Its the words USMC branding, colour palate, Sempre Fi that makes it copywrite not the word marine.
lol this one always gets me.
 
And for the reviewers:
 
Jessica O'Haver
 
Program Manager
Marine Corps Trademark Licensing Office
www.marines.mil/trademark
Headquarters United States Marine Corps
Public Affairs (PA) RM 4B548
3000 Marine Corps Pentagon
Washington DC, 20350-3000
Comm: 703-614-7678
DSN:  224-7678
Fax: 703-697-5362
 
Shes the one I wrote to.
 
  Oh no i was flirting with a girl, I thaught she was a he, shame on me lol

Thanks for the response.. I just read the e-mail from Mindy TWICE and it clearly states that we CAN use the word"Marine"... I wish so mush that these reviewers would have to go by the "Rules" that have been put down.. it seems so many times that they go by their own thoughts.. or guess!
 
I spent several hours last year changing all my "Patriotic "cards to comply to this and now I have this guy telling me I can't.. not half my new cards are in limbo because of this!!!

I'm guessing here, but if it were my situation I'd take into consideration...
 
That unlike a normal office environment, I'm guessing our reviewers work solo and from their own home.  So they don't have the benefit of 'discussing' things every time they question the 1000 rules floating around in their head.  My experience has been that on the rare occasion I think a reviewer may be in the wrong, I simply explain myself in an email back to them and get immediate response.  Either, the issue is fixed or we have a discussion via email and compromise.
 
Inconsistencies are going to happen, they are human.  Just email the reviewer with a link to the previous discussion on using the word Marine but not Marines and ask them if that has changed.
 
I'm not a reviewer, but I sure feel for them  

Thanks Mindy!
 
I did reply to a couple of the cards that the reviewer had in question. Sorry for seeming a bit frustrated here and I do understand that the reviewers are swamped and may miss some things or not be sure about some things.... but something like this with such a history of questions behind it surprised me...  
 
There are still some cards that have not been reviewed yet so there may be a few in that bunch also. Here are the card numbers:
753702
753708
753838
753835
753840
 
Thanks again for a response to this from all of you and thanks Mindy for your help ,
Bill