Platform policy

Brand Usage Guidelines

Version 1.20 · Effective 2026-11-10

Brand Usage and Intellectual Property Guidelines

These guidelines explain permitted references to brands operated by Bright Board Shop LLC and how to request permission for other uses. They supplement the Terms of Service and Content & Data Use Policy. They do not claim rights in community names, ordinary facts, or material belonging to other parties.

1. Brands and identity

Bright Board Shop LLC operates the Bright Board Shop business identity, the Town Today multi-community platform identity, and the community site identities it operates, each named for its town followed by "Today". These names, associated original logos, distinctive artwork, and other brand identifiers may have trademark, copyright, and other protections to the extent provided by law. References to brands do not assert that any mark is federally registered. Individual community and geographic names remain available for truthful descriptive use.

2. Sharing and referencing our services

You are welcome to link to public pages, share an event or business listing, identify your own organization as listed on or participating through our site, and accurately describe where people can find information. You may use the brand names in plain text to identify our actual services, including truthful statements such as “Listed on this site,” without asking permission. Do not imply an endorsement, official partnership, sponsorship, or administrative authority that has not been granted.

3. Uses that require written authorization

Please request written authorization before using our logos or distinctive brand artwork on promotional products, advertisements, commercial merchandise, websites, applications, social-media profile branding, signage, or materials that present the brand as a sponsor or partner. Permission should specify which assets are covered, the purpose, duration, and any required attribution. Approval for one event or campaign does not automatically cover others.

4. Misleading or prohibited use

Do not use our identities or confusingly similar names, logos, domains, email sender identities, or social-media accounts in a manner likely to mislead people about who operates a service or whether we authorize, sponsor, or endorse it. Do not impersonate our personnel, represent yourself as an official Town Today operator or town administrator without authorization, remove identifying credits to misrepresent original work, or use our branding to facilitate scams, misleading payments, or deceptive marketing.

5. Community organizations, partners, and licensees

An organizer, sponsor, advertiser, vendor, or listed business does not become our agent or official representative merely by appearing on the platform. Accurate references and links remain welcome. Any authorized town operator or commercial licensee must follow its written agreement and the current approved brand assets; a community site may not present an unapproved operator or copy of the platform as officially affiliated.

6. Content and third-party rights

We do not claim exclusive rights to public facts, community names, submitted content owned by its contributor, or third-party logos. Appearance on our website does not transfer a third party's intellectual-property rights to us or others. Existing content, attribution, and submission permissions are governed by the Terms of Service and Content & Data Use Policy. Nothing in these guidelines prevents fair use, accurate identification, or other legally permitted uses.

7. Permission, reports, and enforcement

For brand-use permission, suspected impersonation, misleading affiliations, or misuse, contact support@mtpulaskitoday.com with the relevant link or example. We may ask for correction or removal, revoke previously granted permission subject to its terms, restrict access to our services, and pursue remedies available under applicable law. We review reports based on the circumstances and do not assert exclusive rights beyond those legally held.

8. Contact

Bright Board Shop LLC, PO Box 91, Mt. Pulaski, IL 62548. Email: support@mtpulaskitoday.com.