Wisky sues Washburn

[TxShox]

I heard that KSU charges high schools $1 to use their logo. I have no idea if that is true, but regardless, I think having a high school use your logo is a great idea and a great way to market their school for dirt cheap.

According to an article from 2000, it's a bit more than $1/year.

Other alternatives were to fight a potential lawsuit or pay a licensing fee of $1 every two years plus 8 percent of the wholesale cost for manufacturing items with the logo.

Which makes me stand corrected on the wide use of the logo. Since they went after the school in the article, I would assume they've done similar with others or come to an agreement on the royalties.

[Shox151]

Maybe this is why NW in Wichita changed helmet designs. We used to have Michigan style uni's. Hell we were even maize and blue.
All this time I been blaming Coach Schartz for changing them, since NW was such a thorn in his side when he was at West. (they can have him back, too).

[BA2929]

“Washburn is making use of both identical and confusingly similar variations of the Motion W mark, in a blatant attempt to trade on the goodwill of Wisconsin,”


a blatant attempt to trade on the goodwill of Wisconsin?


:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

[SpanglerFan316]

http://www.warf.org/ - I'm told it brings in over $1,000,000,000 per year for UW and employs many lawyers.

[Ixiah]

Couldn't find anything on when Washburn adopted the W but ran across something surprising from Wikipedia:

On June 8, 1966, only a few days after classes were dismissed for the summer, much of the campus was demolished by a tornado, and completely denuded of trees. Three months before the Tornado struck, the Washburn Board of Trustees had reinsured every building on campus for the maximum amount. A week after the Tornado struck, summer classes began at Topeka West High School. By the fall of 1966, Stoffer Hall was repaired and trailers were in place. It took years to reconstruct the campus, with students attending classes in trailers well into the early 1970's.

I sure hope the guy that that proposed taking out the extra insurance got a raise. 8)

[EAGLE]

Topeka was a total mess. I was in the reserves and was activated to go there to stop looting. You could not drive any where with out getting flat tires. You are right about Washburns campus. I have a nice accomidation (SP) certificate signed by Gov. Avery

[SubGod22]

There's only so many ways to make a freaking letter. And they're not the same so Wisconsin should go screw themselves.

[RoyalShock]

There's only so many ways to make a freaking letter. And they're not the same so Wisconsin should go screw themselves.

In seeing how much they love their own "W", they probably already have!

[rrshock]

There's only so many ways to make a freaking letter. And they're not the same so Wisconsin should go screw themselves.

In seeing how much they love their own "W", they probably already have!

I just don't get it. Maybe they want to have everyone else quit using the W period. They are wasting money.

[BA2929]

Didn't something similar happen with Michigan and their M logo? But they were told in court that nobody could trademark a letter or font? I'd look around for it, but I'm really not in the mood to search the net right now. -lazy-

[TxShox]

One has to wonder how Green Bay, Grambling and Georgia can get along:

[AndShock]

I went to one of my brother's middle school basketball games tonight in Winfield...and their 'W' is exactly the same as Wisconsin's except it is purple. The first thing I said to my dad when I walked in was, "they're gonna get sued."

[ABC]

One has to wonder how Green Bay, Grambling and Georgia can get along:

Great point!

[ABC]

One has to wonder how Green Bay, Grambling and Georgia can get along:

Great point!

[The Mad Hatter]

Wait, you mean to tell me that it wasn't the Packers playing in the SEC?