And which of those schools caved to the bully?Originally Posted by Dawgpix
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And which of those schools caved to the bully?
I'm surprised this hasn't happened with fight songs.
Similar issue, but that is copyrights rather than trademarks.
I wonder if the R is in some form of standard type and if that would make any difference.
WWDog
La Tech
Region and hyphen free since 1894!
Flagship of the University of Louisiana System
And I still use the term "Dawgs" all the time. I don't think they can do anything about fans using it.
Can’t they do an agreement where Ruston pays them $1 a year and everyone wins? Ruston continues using the logo without any problems and Rutgers protects their trademarks. Isn’t that what NFL teams do?
I've always been interested in the "G" used by the Green Bay Packers, the University of Georgia, and of course Grambling. Here's the story according to Wikapeida:
"The team (Packers) used a number of different logos prior to 1961, but the "G" is the only logo that has ever appeared on the helmet.[83][84] The Packers hold the trademark on the "G" logo, and have granted limited permission to other organizations to utilize a similar logo, such as the University of Georgia and Grambling State University, in addition to the city of Green Bay itself as part of its civic logo.[85] Adopted in 1964, the Georgia "G", though different in design and color, was similar to the Packers' "G". Then-Georgia head coach Vince Dooley thought it best to clear the use of Georgia's new emblem with the Packers.[86]"
The same thing happened to Abilene Cooper High School with Washington State University. https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2007/dec/14/cougars-force-west-texas-high-school-to-sack-logo/
"A high school in West Texas will have to dump its school logo because it’s too similar to the Washington State University Cougar.Cooper High School probably will spend tens of thousands of dollars to replace the cougar head that has adorned its uniforms, scoreboards, gym floors, hallways and student IDs for more than 15 years, ..."
Count the college logos.
Wyoming sure Mcneese a few years ago
Ruston high should hire our AD to fend them off like he did at McNeese. He is such a tough deal kind of guy.
Saw lots of nice red Winnfield W's this weekend. I wonder if Wisconsin will come after them.
Ruston has played about as good as Rutgers ever since they started using the "R" logo. They didn't have a logo at all when they won all of those state championships or when they were ranked #1 in the nation in 1988 and #2 in 1990.
Ditch the logo!
Speaking of that, did any of those RHS guys go on to Tech? Or did they go SEC? I wasn’t born yet but was always interested in it. In middle school we played Ruston and I noticed their scoreboard with their accomplishments and was kinda blown away.
Fred Dean and Johnny Robinson played for RHS, La Tech, and the NFL. Kentrell Brice didn't play during that era, but has been successful. He plays for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers now. Justin Rockett committed to LSU, but changed to La Tech. I don't think he ever played. Dude was 6' 8" and weighed in over 400 lbs. I'm not sure what happened with him.
Coach Billy Laird was a quarterback at La Tech. Coach Chick Childress earned his masters degree from La Tech. Unfortunately, Tech wasn't Division I-A until 1989, and wasn't pulling 3+ star recruits until after RHS' heyday.
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