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[AnonEmouse]

Originally Posted by calia

I doubt that. A spear is pretty generic and there would be little to no likelihood of any confusion between the brands (touchstone for trademark infringement). Plus, we’ve used it in the past. I think it was more a matter of trying to merge past and present.


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Internet suggests it is copyright of the university. While we retained rights extant when it was originally used before that, as it was subsequently copyrighted we surrendered rights to use the logo if e wanted to use it again. Nothing definitive anywhere as there has been no legal challenge, but they do own it.

[calia]

Originally Posted by AnonEmouse

Internet suggests it is copyright of the university. While we retained rights extant when it was originally used before that, as it was subsequently copyrighted we surrendered rights to use the logo if e wanted to use it again. Nothing definitive anywhere as there has been no legal challenge, but they do own it.

I doubt there is a sufficient quantum of creative expression for a spear -- without more -- to be eligible for copyright protection. A trademark may be a different story, but there one would have to show a likelihood of confusion, and that seems unlikely given the obviously differences between the NFL and college football. The Internet says lots of things, and many of them are dead wrong. This is one of them.