Define: Printed Materials

How is Printed Materials defined in a legal contract?

• Printed Materials means all artwork, mechanicals, and user instructions that are included on a product's label and packaging, or inserted into the packaging. This extends to instructions, linings, inserts, trade dress, and supplementary information meant for users. Seen in 32 SEC filings.
• Printed Materials means objects like a box, user instruction booklet, poster, warranty card, and inserts that incorporate the artwork. These are accompanied by a precautions booklet. Seen in 19 SEC filings.
• Printed Materials means general items such as books, journals, serial publications, magazines, newspapers, as well as maps and atlases. Seen in 18 SEC filings.
• Printed Materials means any material that isn't packaging but is printed with text or graphics to communicate information. This includes items like telephone books, but does not cover other bound reference or literary books, or bound textbooks. Seen in 18 SEC filings.
• Printed Materials means physical elements like a plastic storage case, a title page, an instructional booklet, a warranty card and a poster incorporating the artwork, along with a precautions booklet. Seen in 17 SEC filings.
• Printed Materials means all artwork, mechanicals, and instructional materials that are produced for a disc label for each product and for the packaging related to any of the Disc Products. They are distributed as part of the Disc Products. Seen in 16 SEC filings.
• Printed Materials means all artwork and mechanicals that are displayed on the product itself and on the product's box or other container. This includes instructional manuals, inlays, inserts, stickers and other user information or materials meant to go in or be affixed to the product's box or packaging. Seen in 14 SEC filings.
• Printed Materials means a plastic storage case, title page, instructional booklet, warranty card, and poster, all of which incorporate the artwork. Seen in 9 SEC filings.

Note: The Genie AI Legal Assistant pulled this data out of the SEC EDGAR Database of 500,000 records from the past 22 years of filings. We regularly update this page as new filings and definitions come in.

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Which definition should you use?

🤔 Our AI Legal Assistant has combined and improved the above descriptions to create market-standard 'Genie definitions' below, with guidance on which documents and which industry to use for each.

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Genie Definition 1

• Printed Materials means all artwork, instructions, inserts on or related to the product's packaging.

Relevant Contract Types

• Product Licensing Agreement
• Manufacturing and Supply Agreement
• Distribution Agreement
• Retailer Agreement

Relevant Circumstances

• Designing a new product with specific packaging requirement.
• Creating an exclusive edition with special inserts or instructions.
• Launching a marketing campaign for a product involving specific artwork.

Relevant Sectors

• Fashion and Apparel
• Toys and Games
• Technology and Electronics
• Consumer Goods

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Genie Definition 2

• Printed Materials means static physical items conveying information, including books, newspapers, maps, atlases, notes, and posters.

Relevant Contract Types

• Publishing Agreement
• Author Agreement
• Content Licensing Agreement

Relevant Circumstances

• Publishing a new book or launching a newspaper.
• Manufacturing and distributing maps or atlases.
• Producing educational or referential materials.

Relevant Sectors

• Publishing
• Education
• Media and Entertainment

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