Our marks
These names are trade marks of Ben Howat, who owns them personally. Blackout Room Records uses them under licence. The ™ means we claim them as our brands. When a mark is registered with IP Australia it switches to ®, and not before.
| Mark | What it is |
|---|---|
| Blackout Rooms™ | The family of rooms: records, radio, live and more |
| Blackout Room Records™ | The label and artist services |
| Blackout Room Radio™ | The label's pop-up radio sessions and live streams |
| Hold the Door™ | The label's pay-it-forward program for artists |
| First Song Club™ | The label's merch and community club |
| Neon\\Haven™ | Ben Howat's own artist name, owned by Ben and used by Blackout Room Records under an exclusive licence |
| Little Ravers™ | Neon\\Haven's songs for kids |
| Wal Dunphy & The Battlers™ | A satire band. Fictional characters |
| Dunphy & Sons Satire™ | The satire studio |
| Bloody Oath™ | Satire |
| Bush Boppers™ | The label's kids' music band |
| Wattlebird Pictures™ | Family animation |
| The Back Fence™ | A Wattlebird Pictures family series |
| Horn & Ink™ | Quote posters and prints |
| Offence Intended™ | Adult quote art |
Our logos, the label tape look, our merch slogans and artwork, and our characters (the beanie skeleton, the unicorn-onesie skeleton, The Faceless Exec and the Bush Boppers band) are also ours and protected by copyright.
Go for it
- Name us in reviews, blogs, playlists, radio, posts and news.
- Share our posts and link to our pages.
- Say you're released on Blackout Room Records if you are.
- Use our logo for press or a gig poster you're promoting with us. Ask first and we'll send the right file.
Please don't
- Make or sell merch with our names, logos or characters.
- Use our names in your own business, page, label or handle.
- Suggest we back, sponsor or endorse you when we don't.
- Train AI on our artwork or characters, or make look-alikes of them.
- Change our logos.
- Register our names, or anything close to them, as a business name, domain, handle or trade mark.
Your music is yours
Artists on Blackout Room keep 100% of their songs, masters and royalties, and their own name. We never file a trade mark on an artist's name or music. Want to protect your own artist name? We'll point you to IP Australia and Arts Law, and you file it in your own name.
Spotted a copy?
Fake merch, a look-alike page, someone pretending to be us or one of our artists: tell us at hello@blackoutroomrecords.com with a link and a screenshot. We reply within 2 business days.
The formal notice
Trade mark and intellectual property notice. Updated 9 November 2026.
- Owner. The trade marks, logos, characters, artwork, text, label-owned music, website design and code on this site are owned by Ben Howat (ABN 13 478 501 822) of Brisbane, Queensland, unless they are marked as belonging to someone else.
- Licence. Blackout Room Records and related businesses use them under licence from Ben Howat. No business, partner, contributor, member or artist gains ownership of them by using them or adding to them.
- Rights claimed. Ben Howat claims rights in these marks through their use in Australia, under the Trade Marks Act 1995 (Cth), the Australian Consumer Law and the law of passing off, and copyright in the works under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth). Applications to register any of them may be filed at any time.
- No licence to you. Nothing on this site gives anyone a licence to use these marks or works, apart from the uses listed under Go for it.
- Artists and others. Artists' names, songs and masters belong to the artists. Other names and marks belong to their owners.
- Reserved. All rights reserved. Misuse may lead to takedown notices and legal action.
- Contact. Licensing questions and misuse reports: hello@blackoutroomrecords.com. This notice is governed by the law of Queensland, Australia.