Cyclone20 Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Wasn't Wisconsin going after an Iowa high school football team for using the "motion W"? Seems turnabout is fair play. There are so many examples of this, it's hard to know which -- if any -- are approved.Yep and it was my school Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBM Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 So the Hawkeyes ripped off everything about the Steelers (EXCEPT the logo) back in the 70s... I mean there is a hint of hypocracy here right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawk36 Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 I think the problem is that the copyrights are not enforced consistently. Little league teams use actual MLB team caps and mock jerseys all the time. Countless high schools use the logos of college and pro teams. Without consistent enforcement, it's understandable that a high school or little league team wouldn't get why it's wrong. And, when one gets sued while thousands of others across the country are not, it seems unfair. Design Hovie Studios Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigga Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 So the Hawkeyes ripped off everything about the Steelers (EXCEPT the logo) back in the 70s... I mean there is a hint of hypocracy here right?No, one has nothing to do with the other, really. On January 16, 2013 at 3:49 PM, NJTank said: Btw this is old hat for Notre Dame. Knits Rockne made up George Tip's death bed speech. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yac12 Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 So the Hawkeyes ripped off everything about the Steelers (EXCEPT the logo) back in the 70s... I mean there is a hint of hypocracy here right?No, one has nothing to do with the other, really.Iowa got permission from the Steelers to copy the style of the uniforms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB61 Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 You know what's odd about this, now that I think about it...My high school used both the "W" and the Hawk during my time there.Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoolvikings Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 So the Hawkeyes ripped off everything about the Steelers (EXCEPT the logo) back in the 70s... I mean there is a hint of hypocracy here right?No, one has nothing to do with the other, really.Iowa got permission from the Steelers to copy the style of the uniforms.Which is why the uniform isn't infringment, but it does show a real lack of imagination. That's always the other big complaint everyone has when a High School rips off a college or pro logo... no creativity, no imagination... a bad lesson for the kids and all. I've always thought that about Iowa's wholesale lifting of the Steelers' look. They need a uniform of their own, and I'm sure if they searched their archives, they'd find one. Â http://dstewartpaint.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quantum Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 So the Hawkeyes ripped off everything about the Steelers (EXCEPT the logo) back in the 70s... I mean there is a hint of hypocracy here right?No, one has nothing to do with the other, really.Iowa got permission from the Steelers to copy the style of the uniforms.Which is why the uniform isn't infringment, but it does show a real lack of imagination. That's always the other big complaint everyone has when a High School rips off a college or pro logo... no creativity, no imagination... a bad lesson for the kids and all. I've always thought that about Iowa's wholesale lifting of the Steelers' look. They need a uniform of their own, and I'm sure if they searched their archives, they'd find one.Copying a uniform isn't infringement because it isn't protected through trademark. "One of my concerns is shysters show up and take advantage of people's good will and generosity". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mingjai Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 So the Hawkeyes ripped off everything about the Steelers (EXCEPT the logo) back in the 70s... I mean there is a hint of hypocracy here right?No, one has nothing to do with the other, really.Iowa got permission from the Steelers to copy the style of the uniforms.Which is why the uniform isn't infringment, but it does show a real lack of imagination. That's always the other big complaint everyone has when a High School rips off a college or pro logo... no creativity, no imagination... a bad lesson for the kids and all. I've always thought that about Iowa's wholesale lifting of the Steelers' look. They need a uniform of their own, and I'm sure if they searched their archives, they'd find one.Copying a uniform isn't infringement because it isn't protected through trademark.Actually a team's uniform could be considered trade dress, which, like trademark, is protected under the both the Lanham Act as well as state common law. A company can register its trade dress with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. From the standpoint of legal analysis, trade dress can be considered a specific type of trademark, and thus the legal standard for analyzing infringement is "likelihood of confusion." Courts apply different tests to determine likelihood of confusions--the Federal Circuit applies the duPont test, which weighs many factors, including the similarity or dissimilarity of the marks in their entireties as to appearance, sound, connotation, and commercial impression; the similarity or dissimilarity and nature of the goods described in an application or registration or in connection with which a prior mark is in use; the fame of the prior mark; the variety of goods on which a mark is or is not used; and many others.The paradigmatic case for trade dress is Two Pesos v. Taco Cabana, 505 U.S. 763 (1992). Visit my store on REDBUBBLE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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