Trademark Policy

People write about all kinds of things on Jobtalk.ph. Sometimes they reference companies or products. Sometimes they subtly (or not) promote brands. All fine by us. What Jobtalk.ph doesn’t allow is using someone else’s trademark in a way likely to confuse people.

What’s a trademark?

A trademark can be lots of things, but usually it’s a word, phrase or design (like a company name, a product name, a slogan or a logo). It shows you that this good or service comes from one company as opposed to some other company.

Trademarks exist to prevent consumer confusion over the source of a particular good or service. They also stop one company from free-riding on another company’s investment in branding. By contrast, they do not exist to help a company stop someone from discussing it (or its products) or to end secondary markets.

Someone’s using my trademark on Jobtalk.ph. What do I do?

If you think someone’s using your trademark in a way that’s likely to confuse readers, let us know. We’ll look into it. Then we’ll take appropriate action. This might include temporarily or permanently removing a post or account.

If you feel badly that someone is infringing your trademark then let us know: support@jobtalk.ph