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Payson High School in Arizona received A Cease & Desist Letter From Texas About Their Logo
Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports
Payson High School in Arizona is nicknamed the Longhorns. Soooooo, guess who didn't like their Longhorns logo that looks exactly like their Longhorns logo, but purple...? You guessed it...
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(Terez Owens)
Originally published on TigerDroppings.com
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Placebeaux56 months
They should put it upside down on their helmets
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ptra56 months
This
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Dr E Coli56 months
h/t to you!
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BobABooey56 months
Payson is a great travel ball player name.
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SomeLSUguy56 months
Wisconsin did this to THE Woodlands HS about 10 yrs ago, so they took the curve out of the W, and left it slanted... I wonder if Ohio State will come after them for being THE Woodlands HS.
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SomeLSUguy56 months
And now that I think of it, I can think of a bunch of high schools and even middle schools that use the t.u. longhorn as their mascot. Hell, I feel like half of the school districts in TX have a school with longhorns as the mascot.
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Smart Post56 months
My Texas high school got a cease and desist letter from the University of Missouri. It happens.
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HoustonGumbeauxGuy56 months
I remember this BS
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BCLA56 months
Rutgers just did this to Ruston. It's incredibly petty.
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HoustonGumbeauxGuy56 months
Riverwood Middle School in Kingwood says frick you
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warlock197456 months
Hope Texas wasn't recruiting any players from that school
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Smart Post56 months
This is a registered trademark. If a school wants to use it, they must get permission and pay royalties. If you don't protect your trademark, you gradually lose the ability to claim exclusivity. As for the Green Bay logo (developed in 1961), Georgia was granted permission by Green Bay in 1963, and likewise, Grambling was granted permission in 1964.
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bigDgator56 months
This is the reason. ^^^^^ Schools didn't want to do it, but if they don't someone could come along and make money off of it and Texas would not have the power to fight it. Lots of schools have been doing this for several years now.
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SpartyGator56 months
frick texass
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TigerStripes0656 months
My high school used the K State powercat logo. They came to us about the copyright but agreed to let us continue to use it for a small donation to the university every year. I think it was something like 100 bucks.
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Eltegray56 months
Got to protect the brand.
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jgoodw31856 months
This shite is getting ridiculous. Miami did this to U High a could years ago. Ohio st is trying to trademark “The”. It’s getting out of control...
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DBeaux22556 months
Florida did the same to ST. Amant
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Redbone56 months
Sure did.
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Higgysmalls56 months
St Amant had to change their logo a few years back cause it was too similar to the Florida Gators. Now it looks better
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GeauxtigersMs3656 months
I thought all high schools use someone else’s logo?
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reveille56 months
So this cow logo looks like cow...shocker!
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kywildcatfanone56 months
There are rules....
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FlyinTiger9356 months
There are slight differences. Judge should throw it out.
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JohnnyU56 months
Just curious, did the Packers ever send a cease and desist letter to UGa?
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surgicalvenom56 months
Yes they did, but UGA worked with the Packers, and they came to a design agreement.
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surgicalvenom56 months
Yes they did, but UGA worked with the Packers, and they came to a design agreement.
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atltiger648756 months
there's no likelihood of confusion. People don't see that high school team's logo and think it's Univ of Texas. Another example is Grambling, UGA, and the Green Bay Packers, which all use the same "oval G", and I'm sure other colleges and numerous high schools use it too.
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AustinKnight56 months
Except the difference is a giant boring “G” and a unique emblem Texas created so yeah I’d think it’s the Longhorns logo just like other sports fan. Never thought I’d defend Texas Jesus Austin is frickin me up but in all fairness they should protect it.
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StupidBinder56 months
All you need to do is change it a little bit. Plenty of schools have the longhorn as there mascot. They just don’t copy it pixel for pixel from UT
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