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10-10-2008, 08:26 PM
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| Texas stealing logo
I started seeing this more and more Texas trying to implement putting power T on merchandise. I thought the T was trademarked.
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10-10-2008, 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by vol271998  I started seeing this more and more Texas trying to implement putting power T on merchandise. I thought the T was trademarked. | They are different Ts.  
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10-10-2008, 08:36 PM
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| Maybe our loss of the interlocking U & T led to our downhill slide  | 
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10-10-2008, 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by therealUT They are different Ts. | Thanks for the pic I havent seen that big of a picture of it until now.
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10-10-2008, 08:40 PM
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| Tennessee was UT when Texas was Mexico. | |
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10-10-2008, 08:43 PM
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| We are so dispirited now with the current state of affairs with the football program that next they will get our checkerboard without us protesting. | |
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10-10-2008, 08:46 PM
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| The University of Tennessee SOLD the rights to the interlocking U and T to the University of Texas. Texas had began using it some years ago, Tennessee objected, and it went to court. During that trial, Texas said they would pay Tennessee to have exclusive rights to the logo. Of course, Tennessee obliged due to the financial payoff. Kind of interesting. | |
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10-10-2008, 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by cardvolfan The University of Tennessee SOLD the rights to the interlocking U and T to the University of Texas. Texas had began using it some years ago, Tennessee objected, and it went to court. During that trial, Texas said they would pay Tennessee to have exclusive rights to the logo. Of course, Tennessee obliged due to the financial payoff. Kind of interesting. | really? I heard they had actually laid a copyright on it first or something, but if that's the case that is quite interesting | |
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10-10-2008, 08:54 PM
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| My daughter goes to UT and one of her professors was telling her several weeks ago about what happened with UT and UT. | |
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10-10-2008, 08:55 PM
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| maybe we should file a lawsuit against them like they did us | |
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10-10-2008, 08:56 PM
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| Texas won the Power T logo trademark suit years ago
That's why Tennessee went to the interlocking logo
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10-10-2008, 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by vol_in_ar Texas won the Power T logo trademark suit years ago
That's why Tennessee went to the interlocking logo | I might be wrong, but I think you have that mixed up | |
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10-10-2008, 08:57 PM
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| wait so was it a lawsuit then or an purchase agreement? I'm getting two different accounts here | |
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10-10-2008, 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by TrueOrange wait so was it a lawsuit then or an purchase agreement? I'm getting two different accounts here | sorry, I've been drinking and I'm babbling so strick every comment I make tonight | |
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10-10-2008, 09:01 PM
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| According to the professor, Tennessee took Texas to court because Texas had begun using the interlocking UT. During the course of that trial, Texas offered to pay off Tennessee for exclusive rights to the interlocking version. Tennessee obliged and has not used the interlocking UT since. I think if you look at anything Tennessee has put out in recent years, you will not see the interlocking UT. | |
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