What info to put on box for USA?

Give this blog post a read. It's not legal advice, but it's pretty simple to follow and provides a LOT of info on packaging your game for sale.

http://www.leagueofgamemakers.com/packaging-your-game-so-stores-can-ykno...

CE information is for Europe
A UPC/Barcode is essential for larger retail
A product code is essential for Amazon

Essentially, what you want on the box is the title, designer, publisher (if any), made in XXX, copyright, Play Time, # of Players, Age X+ and of course some flashy art including the game in some sort of setup state and info about the game. Possibly even a list of components.

I would suggest doing a google image search for "boardgame box back" and seeing what others have included.

There's no universal standard. If you have the basic requirements covered for your preferred selling method you should be good (for example, Amazon requires an ISBN/Product Code if I remember correctly, while many retailers and distributers require a UPC/Barcode, etc).

In your case, if you're not selling outside of North America the most basic info I would include is;

Game Name (tm)
Copyright (year) Your Name
Made in (country)
UPC (these can be purchased very inexpensively from EZUPC.com)
Product Code (a letter-number combo that you create to identify your product when not using the UPC/barcode and for stock listings)

Many will also include their city/state/zipcode

That means you need to hire a Logistics company to handle all the shipping details including port brokerage fees.

It depends if the Trademark is still in effect. I don't know where you are situated but in the USA, I believe you have to pay a maintenance fee per a specific schedule and they will the preserve your Trademark.

If it's still "in effect", you should put "Copyright (C) 2017. All Rights Reserved."

But you need to make certain that the Trademark is still active.

Cheers.

Then just use "Copyright 2018 (C). All Rights Reserved..." As this is a general copyright notice to any form of "Creative" content which under law is protected.

Otherwise I think you would need to put something like "{trademark}(TM)" and add that to the Copyright notice. Not 100% certain about the "syntax" but it's something like that.

I use "Quest Adventure Cards(tm)" as my trademark for Quest. But I am in Canada - and the laws may differ from USA to Canada to UK. What you need is either: A> A good accountant who can help you out (they usually know all kinds of business matters) or B> Trademark lawyer who can give you the specifics for each country.

I'm neither so I can only explain what I have done in my country - which serves you no real purpose - because you need it for the USA and UK.

Also the "Barcode" (UPC) you should get one if trying to fulfill via Amazon. Don't look for exceptions like "under the following category, if I have this relationship with Amazon, etc. I don't need a Barcode (UPC)". Get the barcode and slap it onto the game. Everywhere you go, products have a UPC (barcode) to differentiate themselves.

If you plan to sell a game - you'll need one too. Unless you plan to sell ONLY via your OWN personal website and say a Kickstarter. Otherwise stores, warehouses, fulfillment centres, etc. will all require you to have a barcode (UPC). They also use it to SCAN the product at "receiving" too and make inventory adjustments according to the number of units...

Good luck with that...

Outer Limit Games used Wingo for "Tau Ceti". No real issues with quality and content... They did have a shipping issue to Europe as one of the palettes of games got badly damaged... Don't forget to account for 10% loses in shipping. And get insurance, you might need it.

Making games ALONE is difficult. But if you work with a TEAM... It can make a WORLD of difference. If your game is any good, create a Sell Sheet and shop it around to publishers (in the UK - I guess). You'll make less money - BUT your game will be "out-there" and you can design your next game and hopefully GROW your audience of gamers...

And if you plan on shipping to Germany, don't forget the German Packaging Act (https://www.lizenzero.de/en/blog/german-packaging-act-in-the-uk-obligati...). Some money needs to be paid to compensate the used packaging material, so this will impact your expenses too.

Understand that Amazon doesn't care at all what the Countries rules are about product testing etc. Amazon will definitely delist your product if they deem it at all geared towards kids, even if you put ages 13+ on the package. They require a Child Safety Certificate, choking warning, and will delist you with no warning. If you plan on selling on Amazon you need to read and understand: https://sellercentral.amazon.com/gp/help/external/G200292910?language=en_US

Also, your manufacture can probably do a CPC for you, but keep in mind some of the vendors that are on the list in the USA for CPC's say that Amazon doesn't like Chinese CPC's. Lots of headaches with Amazon.