I don't understand this. I don't understand why they suddenly have a problem with it. And I don't understand how they think they can get away with it.
My husband, who grew up in CS, remembers the sawn off horns being around for a very long time, though this guy has apparently only had a trademark on it for about 10 years. So, is there someone new on some board somewhere in Austin that thinks he will be remembered as the great person that put a stop to all of this? And if this isn't okay, why is okay to produce the stickers showing Calvin peeing on the Ford or Chevy logo. An even bigger question is why is it then okay to turn the US flag into a shirt or undies and wear it. Really?
BTW Tuesday is going much better than Monday. And I promise to have a post soon that is not me complaining about something.
I feel I need to explain that I don't harbor any animosity towards Longhorn fans per se. This post was simply to be an editorial on the lawsuit itself.
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I don't get it either. And I'm just excited you're posting, complaining or not. Glad Tuesday is going better.
It's about protecting your trademarks. UT sued the city of Fort Worth because the city of Fort Worth's longhorn looked, "too much like the Texas Longhorn." They settled out of court and Fort Worth changed their longhorn a little I think. This was when we lived in Dallas.
I'm guessing they really have something, or they wouldn't have brought a lawsuit. Oh well.
Remember, not all longhorns are bad, some we like.
Oh, I understand that they want to protect their copyright, but what took so long? And, really, do you think a Longhorn fan is going to mistakenly buy one of those shirts?
I can understand the Fort Worth issue if it was an intact longhorn, but this clearly isn't. So maybe the guy just needs to change the look of the longhorn a little.
Doesn't that mean, too, that they could sue every person who buys a longhorn sticker and cuts the horns off themselves? I'm certain I'm going to see a lot more of that now.
I guess the length of time shouldn't matter, because apparently it took A&M almost 20 years to get upset over the "12th man" issue. But that wasn't in our own state, with one of our main rivals.
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