Ohio State trademarks "the."

[Parliament 14261]

Haters gonna hate.

[Deej 76832]

Shocked they spelled it correctly.

[Poe It Up 126]

Imagine your mascot being so shitty that you have to trademark words. 

[Huckleberry 33003]

This is huge news that everyone here cares a lot about. 

[Guest]

Grab your pronouns…grab your articles…

[VirginiaLonghorn 4777]

4 minutes ago, slorch said:

Grab your pronouns…grab your articles…

So what is a bucknut .. them/they .. it?

[Dr. Teeth 5845]

21 minutes ago, Deej said:

Shocked they spelled it correctly.

That’s why it took 3 years to get. 

[Incredulity 11675]

The

The, The

The, The, The, The, The

 

Hey Buckeyes, 

[UDontKnow 10447]

They're celebrating in Cincinnati!

['stache 21820]

When I was in college there were some students petitioning to rename the school The Oklahoma State University. They were laughed at mercilessly for good reasons. I honestly didn't even know at the time it had anything to do with Ohio State. Makes it even stupider.

[Pancho 44859]

Go back to bucknuts

[tx ind 7013]

Next they’ll be filing patents for couch lighters

[BonzoMontreaux 1060]

55 minutes ago, Deej said:

Shocked they spelled it correctly.

Somebody probably spotted them the T and the E.

[Sgt Hulk 13786]

Amount of Fucks given =0

[Mole 4333]

 

[Vertigo 20290]

[Dennis Taylor 18831]

The story is one of the dumbest things I've ever seen. One of the most used words in the English language. Do the idiots that trademark the think that they will somehow be able to limit the use of the word the or somehow profit from the use of the word the? 

[Pato del Muerto 52528]

T*e nerve of them!

this does bode well for me and my application to trademark the concept of money as my IP. 

Edited June 22, 2022 by Pato del Muerto

[USNALonghorn 5078]

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

Tough shit. They’ll always be THE university of Tennessee Chattanooga Moccasins to me

[VABuckeye 2472]

2 hours ago, Dennis Taylor said:

The story is one of the dumbest things I've ever seen. One of the most used words in the English language. Do the idiots that trademark the think that they will somehow be able to limit the use of the word the or somehow profit from the use of the word the? 

It's for t shirts and hats.  Don't really care.  It seems dumb to me as well.

[Pato del Muerto 52528]

Since the OP is just an image, is it a style that they trademarked?  

[Deej 76832]

I bet THE idiots of Texas A&M won't stand for this. They trademarked bullshit trademarks first. 

[Pato del Muerto 52528]

12 minutes ago, Deej said:

I bet THE idiots of Texas A&M won't stand for this. They trademarked bullshit trademarks first. 

They have their eyes on the ampersand. 

[Royale with cheese 1467]

Sounds like a buncha' shit to me. We've officially been "The" University of Texas since the adoption of the current Texas Constitution in 1876, wherein Section 10 of Article 7 reads:

"Sec. 10. ESTABLISHMENT OF UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS; AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT. The Legislature shall as soon as practicable establish, organize and provide for the maintenance, support and direction of a University of the first class, to be located by a vote of the people of this State, and styled, "The University of Texas", for the promotion of literature, and the arts and sciences, including an Agricultural, and Mechanical department." (bolding added; quotation marks are a part of the Constitution) 

And in case anyone was wondering, the constitutional mandate that The University of Texas be a "university of the first class" is what differentiates us from the fuckin' aggys. And the fuckin' sooners. And the fuckin' bucknuts. And the fuckin' . . .  

[DaggerHorns 3085]

[Droopy 2626]

15 minutes ago, DaggerHorns said:

...aaaaaaaaaaand thread. 

[mr. sunshine 2827]

This being Ohio State the real money is in trademarking “fuck” 

[Zeus 6097]

THE University of Texas

Come sue me jort wearing clogged arteries flyover state bums

[Beau Vine 54255]

3 hours ago, Vertigo said:

"Tuh-heh"

 

[Beau Vine 54255]

1 hour ago, DaggerHorns said:

What's-his-face will be along shortly to remind us that Cardale eventually graduated, as if that makes his alma mater look better.

[oSuJeff97 3435]

THE Ohio State University has the shittiest, least friendly fans I’ve ever encountered in my 20+ years of attending college football games, and it’s not really close.

It’s like they took the relatively small % of every fan base comprised of delusional, self-important jersey-wearing shit-bags, concentrated it down to its purist form and applied it to the general population.

That’s all I’ve got on this topic. 

[TexArcher 37980]

This belongs in the Intellectual Property of Second Rate Midwestern Universities forum that we don't have because no one here gives a shit.

[TwiceHorn 31498]

4 hours ago, Dennis Taylor said:

The story is one of the dumbest things I've ever seen. One of the most used words in the English language. Do the idiots that trademark the think that they will somehow be able to limit the use of the word the or somehow profit from the use of the word the? 

It was only registered because tOSU has apparently licensed/sold a fair shit ton of merch with nothing but "THE" on it, or super-prominently over Ohio State University.  They filed a 100 page affidavit attesting to the length and numerosity of that usage.

They would only be able to successfully sue another entity using "THE" in virtual isolation, which don't make no sense.

The utility of the registration is to use it against bootleg OSU merch sellers, not in some aggyesque crusade to stop use of 12th Man.

[0xdeadbeef 1651]

Tell me they aren't intending to sell shirts and hats that just have the letters "THE" on them.   That would be kind-a goofy. 

gogglegooglegoogle

Holy Shitballs!  It's not just bad, it's OSU-bad.

 

 

Edited June 23, 2022 by 0xdeadbeef

[Parliament 14261]

41 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

It was only registered because tOSU has apparently licensed/sold a fair shit ton of merch with nothing but "THE" on it, or super-prominently over Ohio State University.  They filed a 100 page affidavit attesting to the length and numerosity of that usage.

They would only be able to successfully sue another entity using "THE" in virtual isolation, which don't make no sense.

The utility of the registration is to use it against bootleg OSU merch sellers, not in some aggyesque crusade to stop use of 12th Man.

So are we idiots for doing it or not?  I don't speak lawyer.

[South Austin 52520]

28 minutes ago, Parliament said:

So are we idiots for doing it or not?  I don't speak lawyer.

You’re idiots in any event.

[dec3169 502]

Quick - someone get a trademark in the same font for   Y/M

so they can add their pronouns to the hats.

[EuroHorn 3265]

We could trademark “El”

 

[General Specific 3262]

So are we idiots for doing it or not?  I don't speak lawyer.

So what happens to the English punk band from the 80s, The The? Or is that not a problem because fuck the British?

[Jersey Man10 3538]

[JMFP 1120]

11 hours ago, 0xdeadbeef said:

Tell me they aren't intending to sell shirts and hats that just have the letters "THE" on them.   That would be kind-a goofy. 

gogglegooglegoogle

Holy Shitballs!  It's not just bad, it's OSU-bad.

 

 

Ahem, it's tOSU-bad.

[TwiceHorn 31498]

10 hours ago, Parliament said:

So are we idiots for doing it or not?  I don't speak lawyer.

Apparently, you people have been and continue to eat up "THE" merch.  I'll let people draw their own conclusion about that.

Now, with this registration, tOSU can more legitimately license that specific mark (otherwise licensees probably would have said fuck off) and sue bootleg merch sellers.  So that's reasonably savvy.

Pretty good work by the lawyers.

[HenryJames 66127]

Someone should trademark 'teh.'

[EastTexan 662]

I identify them as oh st.

[TwiceHorn 31498]

12 hours ago, 0xdeadbeef said:

Tell me they aren't intending to sell shirts and hats that just have the letters "THE" on them.   That would be kind-a goofy. 

gogglegooglegoogle

Holy Shitballs!  It's not just bad, it's OSU-bad.

 

 

Like I said, they're not intending to, they already have.  That's why they were able to obtain the registration.  You can use your way into a trademark for just about anything.

[Royale with cheese 1467]

21 minutes ago, EastTexan said:

I identify them as oh st.

You left out the "h" and the "i".

[Parliament 14261]

Ohio State's legal department has always been gestapo on companies drafting off of their brand.  They send hundreds of cease and desist letters every year to companies using Brutus doppelgangers and such in the ads and logos.

Trademarking "the" is on brand, and I hope they don't abuse it.  I think they will not, but I'm obviously biased.

[markstanco 12577]

Outside of yankee redneck state, who really cares?

[HornOnTheBayou 8931]

12 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

Pretty good work by the lawyers.