MarketingGuy Posted October 7, 2007 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 936 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/10/2006 Share Posted October 7, 2007 I reported... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyGator Posted October 7, 2007 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 821 Reputation: 20 Days Won: 2 Joined: 12/02/2005 Share Posted October 7, 2007 You need C-L-A-S-S to spell classUCF is only 20% of the way to being a team with Class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Matrix Posted October 7, 2007 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 16,504 Reputation: 2,952 Days Won: 43 Joined: 01/04/2003 Share Posted October 7, 2007 I dont know what is worse. The obscene word that they have on the shirt or the lack of creativity. It is not even funny to tell you the truth. I dont get it. At least come up with some better smack than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulls96go Posted October 7, 2007 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 10,219 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/17/2002 Share Posted October 7, 2007 bullitin boardwe have one pounding for someone it will be UCF.i hope they say thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobcat99 Posted October 7, 2007 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 594 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/16/2002 Share Posted October 7, 2007 Honestly, some of you guys are *way* too sensitive. This is what comes with the territory. Get used to it, kiddos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndytheBull Posted October 7, 2007 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 1,479 Reputation: 1 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/22/2003 Share Posted October 7, 2007 Honestly, some of you guys are *way* too sensitive. This is what comes with the territory. Get used to it, kiddos.Violating our trademark and using it on a vulgar shirt makes us to sensitive? Then yes, we are too sensitive. The Beat WVU shirt did not have either school's official logo, nor did it even mention USF. Hell, it could have theoretically been a shirt for Marshall fans(green shirt, smaking WVU) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobcat99 Posted October 7, 2007 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 594 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/16/2002 Share Posted October 7, 2007 Honestly, some of you guys are *way* too sensitive. This is what comes with the territory. Get used to it, kiddos.Violating our trademark and using it on a vulgar shirt makes us to sensitive? Then yes, we are too sensitive. The Beat WVU shirt did not have either school's official logo, nor did it even mention USF. Hell, it could have theoretically been a shirt for Marshall fans(green shirt, smaking WVU) Logos are only one part of it. Even using the letters "WVU" is a violation of their federally-registered trademark. (Trust me, I went through this eight years ago when Ohio State objected to Ohio registering "Ohio"...) Also using the word "Mountaineers" is a federally-registered trademark.Anyway, that's not even my point. My point is that as one of the top copyright-violating universities in the country, we really should be over other people doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWMJD Posted October 7, 2007 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 3,048 Reputation: 316 Days Won: 6 Joined: 11/24/2005 Share Posted October 7, 2007 Honestly, some of you guys are *way* too sensitive. This is what comes with the territory. Get used to it, kiddos.Violating our trademark and using it on a vulgar shirt makes us to sensitive? Then yes, we are too sensitive. The Beat WVU shirt did not have either school's official logo, nor did it even mention USF. Hell, it could have theoretically been a shirt for Marshall fans(green shirt, smaking WVU) Logos are only one part of it. Even using the letters "WVU" is a violation of their federally-registered trademark. (Trust me, I went through this eight years ago when Ohio State objected to Ohio registering "Ohio"...) Also using the word "Mountaineers" is a federally-registered trademark.Anyway, that's not even my point. My point is that as one of the top copyright-violating universities in the country, we really should be over other people doing it.Generally, using another school's name, but not their logo, would fall under the doctrine of fair use. Our use of "WVU" was not a violation of their trademark. If so, you would be unable to refer to a school without violating a trademark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobcat99 Posted October 7, 2007 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 594 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/16/2002 Share Posted October 7, 2007 Honestly, some of you guys are *way* too sensitive. This is what comes with the territory. Get used to it, kiddos.Violating our trademark and using it on a vulgar shirt makes us to sensitive? Then yes, we are too sensitive. The Beat WVU shirt did not have either school's official logo, nor did it even mention USF. Hell, it could have theoretically been a shirt for Marshall fans(green shirt, smaking WVU) Logos are only one part of it. Even using the letters "WVU" is a violation of their federally-registered trademark. (Trust me, I went through this eight years ago when Ohio State objected to Ohio registering "Ohio"...) Also using the word "Mountaineers" is a federally-registered trademark.Anyway, that's not even my point. My point is that as one of the top copyright-violating universities in the country, we really should be over other people doing it.Generally, using another school's name, but not their logo, would fall under the doctrine of fair use. Our use of "WVU" was not a violation of their trademark. If so, you would be unable to refer to a school without violating a trademark.If you are referring to a school's athletic program with the registered trademark letters of that school, logo or not, on an item of commercial value, then a trademark violation is in effect -- regardless of the use of a "logo" or not. The shirt that started this thread would be a trademark violation if it simply said "USF sucks at football" without any use of a logo at all.These are pretty well-established facts of trademark law, and occasionally enforced. The licensing fee is so small per-shirt that really, if you were making a non-offensive shirt, you could more than get approved and make a profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWMJD Posted October 7, 2007 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 3,048 Reputation: 316 Days Won: 6 Joined: 11/24/2005 Share Posted October 7, 2007 If you are referring to a school's athletic program with the registered trademark letters of that school, logo or not, on an item of commercial value, then a trademark violation is in effect -- regardless of the use of a "logo" or not. The shirt that started this thread would be a trademark violation if it simply said "USF sucks at football" without any use of a logo at all. These are pretty well-established facts of trademark law, and occasionally enforced. The licensing fee is so small per-shirt that really, if you were making a non-offensive shirt, you could more than get approved and make a profit. I assume this isn't the place to debate trademark law. I would love to invite you to visit us at UF Law, though. I would be more than happy to take you to sit in on one of our excellent intellectual property courses. Maybe we can straighten you out Regardless of the debated issue, the shirt in question is absolutely a violation. Gotta get used to it, guys, it will happen a lot more the more success we have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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