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Did this startup steal the LSU logo?
Posted on 11/10/16 at 9:57 am
Posted on 11/10/16 at 9:57 am
I received an email from Sportswear Unlimited today and it caught my eye that they were possibly using the "SU" in the LSU logo. Am I seeing clearly?
Website: LINK
Logo:
LSU Logo:
Website: LINK
Logo:
LSU Logo:
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Posted on 11/10/16 at 9:58 am to anc
Yep.
That font is proprietary to LSU.
That font is proprietary to LSU.
Posted on 11/10/16 at 9:58 am to anc
The S (joxy cockblock) is the same, the u is backwards
Cease and desist forthcoming
Cease and desist forthcoming
Posted on 11/10/16 at 10:00 am to S
So they used the proprietary Geaux font and didn't even design any LSU gear? Clowns.
Posted on 11/10/16 at 10:05 am to anc
LSU about to get paid. They have a trademark for the font.
Posted on 11/10/16 at 10:07 am to anc
No the U is the wrong way on the startup.
Posted on 11/10/16 at 10:14 am to boweswi05
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No the U is the wrong way on the startup.
Posted on 11/10/16 at 10:16 am to LSU82BILL
LMAO....Ok you convinced me.
That is great
That is great
Posted on 11/10/16 at 10:16 am to The Pirate King
quote:
They have a trademark for the font.
I'm not an IP attorney, but I don't think you can "trademark" a "font".
Posted on 11/10/16 at 10:18 am to Mo Jeaux
Yes you can
Texas trademarked a fricking color
Texas trademarked a fricking color
This post was edited on 11/10/16 at 10:20 am
Posted on 11/10/16 at 10:21 am to Mo Jeaux
quote:
I'm not an IP attorney, but I don't think you can "trademark" a "font".
You serious?
Posted on 11/10/16 at 10:21 am to Mo Jeaux
quote:
I'm not an IP attorney, but I don't think you can "trademark" a "font".
Maybe not. But you can trademark a logo, which this company has manipulated.
Also, you can copyright a typeface, which LSU has done.
Posted on 11/10/16 at 10:22 am to anc
Yeah...it's the Geux Font flipped. Email Ward Wyatt at LSU Sports Properties and let him know...they'll shite that down with the quickness.
wyatt@lsu.edu
wyatt@lsu.edu
Posted on 11/10/16 at 10:30 am to MrSmith
quote:
You serious?
quote:
Generally, copyright law in the U.S. does not protect typefaces. Fonts may be protected as long as the font qualifies as computer software or a program (and in fact, most fonts are programs or software). Bitmapped fonts are considered to be computerized representations of a typeface (and are not protected by copyright law). On the other hand, scalable fonts (because they are incorporated as part of a program or software) are protected by copyright. This means that copyright law (at least in t
Posted on 11/10/16 at 10:30 am to Mo Jeaux
quote:
I'm not an IP attorney, but I don't think you can "trademark" a "font".
I am an IP attorney and you can't trademark a font.
Posted on 11/10/16 at 10:33 am to atltiger6487
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I am an IP attorney and you can't trademark a font.
Thanks. I was going to go talk to one of the guys in our IP practice, but didn't really care enough to do so.
As I mentioned, this is outside of my practice area.
Posted on 11/10/16 at 10:35 am to anc
Damn, never realized lsu had their U backwards
Posted on 11/10/16 at 10:44 am to atltiger6487
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I am an IP attorney and you can't trademark a font.
Really? So even though LSU paid some company back in 2002 to create this font for them, and they've kept it in house (obviously someone with access to it grabbed it in this case...though I've never been able to to!!) they have no control over it?
Seems odd...not sure why that would be any different than some other form of mark.
Any more info on this would be cool to hear...
ETA: Who fricking downvotes a question? Buncha' savages...
This post was edited on 11/10/16 at 10:51 am
Posted on 11/10/16 at 10:54 am to anc
Does this bother you that much? I can think of many more things to have rustled jimmies about. This is definitely not one of them. JMO
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