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#  HikaShop communication rules

Details    Written by: jobsigen    Category: [Uncategorised](/support/documentation)     Published: 08 December 2016     Hits: 14866

- [Basic rules](#basic)
- [Graphic elements](#graphic)
- [Concrete examples](#exa)
- [Wrong examples](#wrong)
- [Right examples](#right)

### Description

Here, you will find all required rules to communicate by following HikaShop protected Trademark standards. The aim is to enable people who develop HikaShop related extensions, plugin, add-on etc... to be able to correctly use the image of our logo **without** violating the Trademark.

### Basic Rules

**What is a Trademark ?**

It's a "recognizable sign, design, or expression which identifies products or services of a particular source from those of others". In other words, the point is to be able to easily identify products and services so that they can be linked to the Trademark owner. In our specific case, HikaShop Trademark is owned by Hikari Software, and only our work can use our sign.

##### Main HikaShop logo

![](/images/communication_rules/hikashop-236x90.png) ![](/images/communication_rules/hikashopFLAT.png) ![](/images/communication_rules/hikashopFLATtext.png)

**Note :** The above list is not complete.

Of course, all of this doesn't mean you can't use our logo and HikaShop name, but you have to  **[**contact us**](https://www.hikashop.com/support/contact-us.html)** in order to understand the context and conditions to use them. We have lots of partners that use our **logo** and **name**, they speak about us, create links to our website, write some tutorials or articles on ours products.

**But** we can not allow anyone to use our **name** or our **logo** as they are on another product or service, even more so if you sell them, (even if they are based on HikaShop). Let's see a concrete example :

**Let's Summarize our policy :**

![](/images/communication_rules/forbiden.png)

#### Forbidden :

You **can't** sell or distribute your own products or services with an ambiguous identity with our name and logo, that may confuse customers about your company and us. Especially if you worked on your side **without** talking about it with us !

![](/images/communication_rules/validated.png)

#### Valid :

You **can** use our name and logo after exchanging with us. From our side, the goal is to keep the control of our image.

You **can** also develop your own extension, plugin or addon based on or integrated with HikaShop **and** use our **graphic elements** in it and even as part of your logo. With this, each company will keep its own identity, and customers will understand that there are **two** different companies with their own products and services.

**Link :** Find more details about Trademark [here, on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark).

### Concrete examples

Let's see concrete and classical examples :

![](/images/communication_rules/forbidenexample.png)

![](/images/communication_rules/validexample.png)

Thanks for reading.

*Team HikaShop*