Hello everybody,
most of my stock photos are city ones (facades, skyscrapers, landmarks, holiday destinations...) and I often get very inconsistent rejections because of trademark reasons... For example a photo of a skyscraper will get accepted but a totally similar one of another skyscraper will get rejected, even if I cloned out all company names and stuff. Or the same photo gets accepted on one website but not on other ones...
How do I know if there is a trademark on a building I am photographing? And what about a statue or some kind of art work that is visible on a street?
And, even more important, what happens if a photo with a trademark on it does get sold? Can I get in trouble (eg. if the trademark owner sees that)?
Thanks a lot for your help, this issue is really confusing me!