nmsuaggie Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Here in El Paso we have our oldest private Catholic boys high school celebrating their 85th anniversary this year and this is not a good way to kick off celebration. Cathedral High School is known as the Fighting Irish and they use the Notre Dame leprechaun all over campus. I figured you guys might enjoy talking about this. Is this trademark protection or Notre Dame bullying another Catholic school? Here is the link to the story. Enjoy!http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_17543105?source=most_viewed&_requestid=4347529 Go Aggies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshawaggie Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 "To allow others to use our trademarks as their own could weaken the University's rights to its own marks to the point where its legitimate property interests could be at risk," Brown said in the statement.That's kind of funny coming from Notre Dame. They did "borrow" the interlocking ND from North Dakota, afterall. Now everyone associates it with Notre Dame, and North Dakota actually modified their own a couple of years ago. @josh_j12 CFA- Fargo Bobcats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashcarson15 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 They did this a couple years ago with our Cathedral High School in Indianapolis. Not sure what the end result of it all was, though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosrs1 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 They did this a couple years ago with our Cathedral High School in Indianapolis. Not sure what the end result of it all was, though...Can't really blame them. They own the trademark. If they don't defend it, they lose it. So it's in their interest to pursue litigation against anyone dumb enough to try and copy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashcarson15 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 They did this a couple years ago with our Cathedral High School in Indianapolis. Not sure what the end result of it all was, though...Can't really blame them. They own the trademark. If they don't defend it, they lose it. So it's in their interest to pursue litigation against anyone dumb enough to try and copy it.Exactly. I wish more colleges would do this - it's a double negative in my eyes. As a school, it's much better to have your own logo and it's also much better to not have to steal someone else's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 True enough. Theft is theft.The headline is backwards - it should read: "private Catholic high school steals Notre Dame's intellectual property." The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 True enough. Theft is theft.The headline is backwards - it should read: "private Catholic high school steals Notre Dame's intellectual property."... They stole "Touchdown Jesus?" blasphemy! I saw, I came, I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Boy Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 True enough. Theft is theft.The headline is backwards - it should read: "private Catholic high school steals Notre Dame's intellectual property."... They stole "Touchdown Jesus?" blasphemy!There is nothing "intellectual" about Touchdown Jesus. In fact, I think that more falls into the "blasphemy" cetegory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckymack Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 I think that was the point of his post. It's called sarcasm. Sigs are for sissies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Personally, I've always been partial to "Holding Jesus". The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Personally, I've always been partial to "Holding Jesus".But what about "Personal Foul Jesus?" I saw, I came, I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Boy Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I think that was the point of his post. It's called sarcasm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santoleri3 Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 If they renamed themselves "Cathedral High School Golden Domers" would that satisfy ND? Courtesy chapeeko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Don't know. Does Notre Dame have some sort of trademark on "Golden Dome"?But howsabout - and this is a radical idea - Cathedral High School just stops stealing from Notre Dame altogether, and creates their own identity? The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Seems like Notre Dame is going after privates all the time! Hey-hey! Happy Ash Wednesday, everybody! ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Seems like Notre Dame is going after privates all the time! Hey-hey! Happy Ash Wednesday, everybody!What a surprise that a "douche-y" school is going after the little guy.You;d think the Jesuits would know that money is the root of all evil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 If the "little guy" is stealing, then he's the douche in this scenario, no matter what we think about Notre Dame. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshawaggie Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Seems like Notre Dame is going after privates all the time! Hey-hey! Happy Ash Wednesday, everybody! @josh_j12 CFA- Fargo Bobcats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosebean11 Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Notre Dame is not Jesuit fyi, nor is it officially associated with any Catholic institution, but has a strong relationship with the Congregation of Holy Cross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilray2k1 Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 hmmmmwhat I don't get is how they choose which school to go after...I mean..there's 'Notre Dame' high schools all over the country and there's a lot of 'fighting irish' nicknames out there toomy parents live in Peoria, IL and they have a 'Notre Dame' high school with nickname 'Fighting Irish'...don't know what logo or colors they use though...and off the top of my head Quincy, IL has a Notre Dame high too...they are the 'Raiders' though but they do use the Notre Dame 'inspired' logos:that's just a couple schools off the top my head in Illinois...no telling what number of schools all over the country are doing thishere's one that pops up in the top page of a Google search for 'notre dame high school'...Notre Dame High (Belmont, CA)^and they even sell merchandise onlineI say either bust em all or leave em all alone...and to go even further I'm pretty sure there's some small colleges out there somewhere who use the logorandomly busting a school here and there seems kinda pointless to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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