March Madness always brings about trademark enforcement-related news. What we generally don’t see is news about a participating school submitting trademark applications while the basketball tournament takes place. But
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Student Organization Trademark Licensing Dispute Results in Emotional Distress Damages
By Elizabeth A. Patton on
At most public universities, student organizations are permitted to license various university trademarks to designate the organization’s involvement with the university and the organization’s status as a registered student organization. …
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The First Amendment Wins: ISU Is Barred From Viewpoint Discrimination in Its Trademark Licensing Program For Student Organizations
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Yesterday, on February 13, 2017, the Eighth Circuit issued a resounding affirmation of First Amendment principles in a case raising the question of just how far a public university can…
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The First Amendment and Trademark Licensing at Public Universities: NORML Rules Apply
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Next week (12/14/2016), in a marble tiled courtroom in frosty St. Paul, Minnesota, a panel of judges of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals will wrestle with a question that…
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