# Trademark rules?

**URL:** <https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/trademark-rules/18728>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [May 15, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/trademark-rules/18728 "2019-05-15T19:06:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![root](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/root/32/8701_2.png) [@root](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/root)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/trademark-rules/18728/1 "2019-05-15T19:06:17Z")

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Hello Guys,

Wondering, what is the trademark policy of ‘Hugo’ ? Can i use it in domain name like ‘hugothemes/plugins.com’?

Nothing found on the website.

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**Author:** ![alexandros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@alexandros](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/alexandros)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 8:03pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/trademark-rules/18728/2 "2019-05-15T20:03:27Z")

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The Hugo logo and the domain name `gohugo.io` are owned by the creator of Hugo.

Hugo may be Open Source software but the name and the logo aren’t.

There was a long thread last year about re-designing the logo that never got anywhere:

> [@New branding and marketing site direction](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/new-branding-and-marketing-site-direction/11484/22):
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> My main problems with the current logo work (emphasis is mine, because I think [gohugo.io](http://gohugo.io) design looks smashing) is We have 2. Which I suspect is coming from @spf13 getting several suggestions from some designer, and not being able to decide … I understand the need for both a vertical and horizontal version, but they should be … similar. They are owned by @spf13 – which mean we cannot create coffee cups or stickers without asking him. Steve has said that we can fix 2 by putting an open s…

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**Author:** ![root](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/root/32/8701_2.png) [@root](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/root)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/trademark-rules/18728/3 "2019-05-15T20:52:04Z")

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I’m not concern about the logo but what is the term using ‘Hugo’ in domain name like `hugotutorial.com` or `awesomehugo.com`?

Where is the T&C ?

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**Author:** ![alexandros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@alexandros](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/alexandros)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/trademark-rules/18728/4 "2019-05-15T21:07:05Z")

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It’s always better to wrap unused domains within code blocks in the forum. I edited your post above to include them.

Regarding the question Hugo is available under an Apache 2.0 LICENCE and it explicitly states that:

[6. Trademarks. This License does not grant permission to use the trade  
names, trademarks, service marks, or product names of the Licensor,  
except as required for reasonable and customary use in describing the  
origin of the Work and reproducing the content of the NOTICE file.](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/blob/master/LICENSE#L138-L141)

Please do make the effort to research a bit before opening a topic asking questions that are already answered.

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**Author:** ![alexandros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@alexandros](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/alexandros)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/trademark-rules/18728/5 "2019-05-15T21:07:09Z")

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