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Smack Apparel Company

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Trademark Law

LSU v. Smack Apparel: Trademark Protection for Color Schemes
In Bd. of Supervisors for La. State Univ. v. Smack Apparel Co., 550 F.3d 465 (5th Cir. 2008), the Fifth Circuit upheld the district court’s finding that a t-shirt maker who used school color schemes in combination with specific facts and indicia about the school infringed on the schools’ trademark…
Posted:
02/6/2009
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School Colors Legally Protectible Trademarks, Fifth Circuit Concludes
Plaintiffs are Louisiana State University (“LSU”), the University of Oklahoma (“OU”), Ohio State University (“OSU”), the University of Southern California (“USC”), and Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC), which is the official licensing agent for the schools. Opinion, p. 2. Defendants are Smack Apparel Company and its principal, Wayne Curtiss (collectively “Smack”).…
Date of ruling:
11/25/2008