Copyright and Trademark

All of our images that are available for sales as prints have been registered with United States Copyright Office by our photographer (author/claimant) currently doing business as (with all “Rights and Permissions” currently administered by) Nature Showcase Media LLC. Our copyright information is provided in the format: copyright symbol “©”, year of first publication, and author/claimant. Please note that the year of first publication may be later than the year the image was created. Additionally, we use a trademark registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to distinguish and protect our goods. 

 Any “Intellectual Property Rights” not expressly granted are reserved. If necessary, we will protect our “Intellectual Property Rights” to the fullest extent of the law. Please be aware that by using Nature Showcase Media LLC website (natureshowcasemedia.com), you acknowledge and agree NOT to: copy, download, upload, transmit, share, re-post (host) on another website, distribute, display via navigational technology (stream, mirroring, framing, inline linking), publicly display, sell NSM website content, create any NSM content-related database, sublicense, modify, remove any proprietary marks and/or notations, or duplicate any content (whole or in part) in any format (including printed copies) without (or in violation of) written permission (bearing an authorized signature) of the Nature Showcase Media LLC. 

We use our trademark (both the Design Element and the Literal Element) with an adjacent “®” symbol for current trademark use in United States of America. Although our website-images may not clearly resolve copyright and trademark details at the scale (resolution) they are presented, they are scaled to be resolved (at~2x1 inches) in prints. Placement of copyright and trademark information varies with print type and print size; and it is generally embedded at the lower-right section of the image to be printed (see enlarged sample above; black background is not printed). We are required to use our trademark colors; however, for “©,” and ®” symbols and text we will use our own color discretion to allow for contrast with nearby image colors.

For use within USA, please expect our copyright and trademark information printed as part of an image on the front side of our color prints and on the backside of the mounting. However, B&W photographs will show only copyright information printed (in B&W or shades of gray) on the front side, and both copyright and trademark information (in color) on the backside of the mounting. 

For international use, please expect only our copyright information printed as part of an image on the front side of our prints and on the backside of the mounting. B&W photographs will show copyright information printed (in B&W or shades of gray) on the front and backside of the mounting. 

Should we become registered to use our trademark internationally, please expect our copyright and trademark information printed as described above (“For use within USA…”).