Logo Lawsuit Article

by greenman on Jan 23, 2007 10:41 AM CST

Houston Chronicle article about the recent lawsuit between UT and that a&m clothing store.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/4491417.html

noteworthy quote: "Mike Huddleston, Texas A&M's vice president for business development, said Texas A&M would likely have taken similar action if it faced the same scenario as UT.

"I'm just surprised it took them so long," Huddleston said."

so yeah, from a legal standpoint, it does seem justified, but so is Huddleston's surprise at the fact that it took so long to get it out there.

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hypocrite?

He sees no problem taking our logo, defacing it, and selling it. However, don't use his bastardized logo without permission!

See his lame site for his disclaimer...

http://www.sawemoff.com/legalnotice.htm

Score another one for the illogical logic of the a&m faithful!

Hook Em!

by Margaritaking on Jan 23, 2007 11:29 AM CST reply actions

Hot damn

You're right!

I hadn't noticed that.

What a bitch.

by Peter Bean on Jan 23, 2007 11:30 AM CST up reply actions

Didn't the copywrite office

turn down his copywrite protection application? I thought I read something like that on the other thread about this.

by Hornbud on Jan 23, 2007 12:20 PM CST reply actions

daily texan article

The Daily Texan picked up on the story and has its own article.

Of note is that yes, the trademark office denied his trademark application for the image UT is suing him over, but it did accept his trademark for a different design and UT is not suing him regarding that logo. Presumably, this will finally show aggies that it's not about the fact that it's just ANY sawed off horns logo that's being used. It's that it's OUR logo with sawed off horns.

as long as you don't break federal copyright law, UT isn't going to sue you.

by billyzane on Jan 23, 2007 2:29 PM CST reply actions

as longhorns...

how do you feel about the logo? i just wanted to get your opinion on the matters. take away the fact that it is A&M who is profiting from the 'saw em off' merchandise.

does the logo actually bother you? did seeing the logo last week - or last month or last year - anger you? or now do you only care because a lawsuit has finally been filed?

by WacArnolds on Jan 24, 2007 2:47 PM CST up reply actions

I find it amusing as much as anything

But I am for making the company pay for it, it just adds to the joke that each shirt will put money in UT's pocket.

by Wells on Jan 24, 2007 4:41 PM CST up reply actions

it doesn't bother me

i don't think you see any texas people getting riled up about the fact that aggies are selling it. it generally just reinforces our belief that aggie identity has a lot to do with NOT being UT.

but i of course respect UT's right to protect its trademark. so if the guy used a longhorn logo that wasn't UT's, there wouldn't be any problem at all. at least not for me.

by billyzane on Jan 24, 2007 5:35 PM CST up reply actions

Personally

I dont identify myself as anti-"the other team". I like to identify myself as pro Texas. I'd rather not hate the other team more than I love mine.

I also find it funny to see upside down hookems when OU is playing Tulsa. Makes no sense. While I enjoy being on everyones mind all the time, it's borderline pyschotic. Scratch that. It is psychotic.

You see a lot of saw em off stickers and upside down longhorn logos on cars in College Station and Norman. That's normal. Whats not normal was the upsidedown longhorn logo on the Tahoe I saw out here in LA. That's just stupid.

Plus, it's well known that the second half of the phrase is "and the horns of the righteous shall be exalted" or somesuch.

by the other Andrew on Jan 24, 2007 6:02 PM CST up reply actions