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By Richard Binder

Courtesy of The Chronicle of Higher Education:

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in New Orleans, considered a case brought against the Smack Apparel Company, of Tampa, Fla., by four institutions ? Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge, Ohio State University, and the Universities of Oklahoma and of Southern California ? along with the Collegiate Licensing Company. The court ruled last week that Smack?s use of those universities? colors on its T-shirts could mislead consumers into thinking that the apparel was from the universities.

For example, a T-shirt design in Southern Cal?s trademark red and yellow that did not include the university?s name but referenced its national football championships and included the words ?SoCal? in a star design was found to be ?confusing? to consumers.

How thankful are we for so much recent commitment to consumer clarification?

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on December 02, 2008 (boomark / email).