Re: Wow, you're a real class act, texas.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>"Saw 'em off," a logo often seen printed on T-shirts and other apparel, is at the center of a legal dispute between the University of Texas and a College Station merchant.The UT Board of Regents filed a formal legal complaint against College Station-based Aggieland Outfitters and its parent company, Kalcorp Enterprises, for manipulating the UT longhorn silhouette on the products."Defendants' unauthorized use of UT Marks complained herein is likely to cause confusion, to cause mistake, or to deceive customers," wrote Louis T. Pirkey, an attorney representing the Board of Regents, in the complaint.Merchandise with the logo has been sold since 1997, and there have not been any complaints, until now, said Fadi Kalaouze, owner of Aggieland Outfitters and Kalcorp.Kalaouze attempted to trademark the logo, but was denied by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office."The similarities among the marks and the goods are so great to create a likelihood of confusion," according to the final action of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.Kalaouze said he holds "seven copyrights with the longhorn at different angles."The suit was filed Dec. 4, just days after Texas A&M had beaten UT in football on Nov. 24.". . . UT's complaint is a legally baseless display of poor sportsmanship," according to Kalcorp's motion to dismiss.Both the office of the Board of Regents and the public affairs office at UT were contacted, but neither was available for comment.</div>linkFor those of you that don't get it, texas, which some refer to as UT, and Texas A&M have had a rivalry for a long, long time. The texas longhorn happens to be trademarked by texas. The problem in suing over it is that the suit is completely baseless and frivolous. The shirts the guy are selling are obviously similar, but also a clear parody. The guy has been selling these shirts for nearly a decade. A person would have to be utterly retarded (then again, it is texas... maybe I'm giving them too much credit) to get the two logos confused. It's pretty clear that texas was pissy after we beat them in football, so they decided to sue someone with less money than them for no reason.The owner of the store made a pretty good comment:<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>"This is a part of cherished rivalry between two great schools," he said. "The problem is UT has too many lawyers trying to justify their jobs."</div>texas should try spending their time making their school better instead of trying to bring ours down.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>"Saw 'em off," a logo often seen printed on T-shirts and other apparel, is at the center of a legal dispute between the University of Texas and a College Station merchant.The UT Board of Regents filed a formal legal complaint against College Station-based Aggieland Outfitters and its parent company, Kalcorp Enterprises, for manipulating the UT longhorn silhouette on the products."Defendants' unauthorized use of UT Marks complained herein is likely to cause confusion, to cause mistake, or to deceive customers," wrote Louis T. Pirkey, an attorney representing the Board of Regents, in the complaint.Merchandise with the logo has been sold since 1997, and there have not been any complaints, until now, said Fadi Kalaouze, owner of Aggieland Outfitters and Kalcorp.Kalaouze attempted to trademark the logo, but was denied by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office."The similarities among the marks and the goods are so great to create a likelihood of confusion," according to the final action of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.Kalaouze said he holds "seven copyrights with the longhorn at different angles."The suit was filed Dec. 4, just days after Texas A&M had beaten UT in football on Nov. 24.". . . UT's complaint is a legally baseless display of poor sportsmanship," according to Kalcorp's motion to dismiss.Both the office of the Board of Regents and the public affairs office at UT were contacted, but neither was available for comment.</div>linkFor those of you that don't get it, texas, which some refer to as UT, and Texas A&M have had a rivalry for a long, long time. The texas longhorn happens to be trademarked by texas. The problem in suing over it is that the suit is completely baseless and frivolous. The shirts the guy are selling are obviously similar, but also a clear parody. The guy has been selling these shirts for nearly a decade. A person would have to be utterly retarded (then again, it is texas... maybe I'm giving them too much credit) to get the two logos confused. It's pretty clear that texas was pissy after we beat them in football, so they decided to sue someone with less money than them for no reason.The owner of the store made a pretty good comment:<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>"This is a part of cherished rivalry between two great schools," he said. "The problem is UT has too many lawyers trying to justify their jobs."</div>texas should try spending their time making their school better instead of trying to bring ours down.
