OT: Texas trying to trademark its own brand of Havoc

[tcf15]

Took their coach, and now Texas is trying to steal VCU's brand: http://www.richmond.com/sports/coll...cle_8acb765d-b81f-5998-96d4-e6f0c65abf57.html

One day after it was officially announced that the Longhorns lured popular men’s basketball coach Shaka Smart away from VCU, they filed to federally register variations on the “Havoc” trademark that Smart pioneered in six years of high-intensity basketball with the Rams.

Texas applied at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on April 3 to register “Horns Havoc” and “House of Havoc” as trademark slogans for marketing the Longhorns basketball team and its athletic merchandise

 

[Rico444]

I don't really look at this as stealing; this phrase was always associated with Shaka's style of coaching, so the term should follow the coach.

 

[John]

Took their coach, and now Texas is trying to steal VCU's brand: http://www.richmond.com/sports/coll...cle_8acb765d-b81f-5998-96d4-e6f0c65abf57.html

One day after it was officially announced that the Longhorns lured popular men’s basketball coach Shaka Smart away from VCU, they filed to federally register variations on the “Havoc” trademark that Smart pioneered in six years of high-intensity basketball with the Rams.

Texas applied at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on April 3 to register “Horns Havoc” and “House of Havoc” as trademark slogans for marketing the Longhorns basketball team and its athletic merchandise

and in related news, UTinny has applied to the US Patent and Trademark Office to register "muddle".

 

[OkaForPrez]

I heard they are also going after District Baller for the sole right to harass players on social media.

 

[businesslawyer]

This needs to stop before we have to deal with Rutgers trying to prevent other people from using the word "mediocre" and Syracuse from using the phrase "January champions."

 

[CAHUSKY]

and in related news, UTinny has applied to the US Patent and Trademark Office to register "muddle".

I was actually at the USPTO yesterday. Was wandering around the area between meetings and stumbled upon the Inventors Hall of Fame. Pretty interesting

 

[TRest]

I remember Cal trademarking "Refuse to Lose" on the way out the door at UMass. Never heard it again.

 

[auggie22]

This needs to stop before we have to deal with Rutgers trying to prevent other people from using the word "mediocre" and Syracuse from using the phrase "January champions."

Wow. Post of the year vote.

 

[Rico444]

I remember Cal trademarking "Refuse to Lose" on the way out the door at UMass. Never heard it again.

The NCAA vacated it.

 

[8893]

Should be Hook'em Havoc.

 

[Northbound]

Good christ it's just Nolan Richarson's 40 minutes of hell unde a different name Shaka didn't invent anything.

 

[Adios]

Speech is being trademarked.