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[nd1]

Notre Dame forces tornado-hit school to stop using mascot - Prep Rally - High School Blog - Yahoo! Sports

 

[Riddickulous]

I don't agree with this decision by Notre Dame.

Also love how they emphasize an event irrelevant to the issue at hand (the tragic tornado) to make Notre Dame look worse.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

As the article mentions, copyright law requires Notre Dame to aggressively defend its mark; otherwise it starts to lose the legal protection its logo enjoys.

Just another hack blogger trying to attract eyeballs by smearing ND. Nothing to see here.

 

[GoldenIsThyFame]

As the article mentions, copyright law requires Notre Dame to aggressively defend its mark; otherwise it starts to lose the legal protection its logo enjoys.

Just another hack blogger trying to attract eyeballs by smearing ND. Nothing to see here.

Exactly. If ND knows about a school using their mascot they must stop it. The moment they choose to let one school or one company use their logo without their permission they lose the copyright protection and it pretty much becomes fair game for people to freely use the logo.

Similar thing happened with Disney several years back. You have to protect the brand regardless of who is using it.

 

[mick2]

UF and FSU did this as well last year or a couple of years ago.

there was an article in the paper about it. a couple of highschools near me had to change their mascot.

people forgot about it pretty quick.

the NFL encourages teams to use their logos and mascots and im not really sure what the harm is if a highschool uses a similar mascot. everybody knows who "THE" Fightin Irish are. it seems to me it would be a good thing to promote the brand.

but legalities are legalities i guess.

it is pretty stupid how the blogger acts as if we decided to do this just because the school was hit with a tornado tho.

thats pretty dumb.

 

[Ben E.]

well that article is garbage...

 

[GEORGIA DOMER]

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[BeauBenken]

To be fair, if Notre Dame and other schools don't protect their logo when they find other schools impinging on it, they can have a harder time protecting it later if a corporation tried to use it.

He suggests we could charge them a yearly nominal fee, but I feel like that's a douche move. They just have to change their symbol for the Fighting Irish. They can still be the Fighting Irish.

The school should have known they can't just try to steal a copyrighted logo.

 

[PatsandBostonfan1975]

He suggests we could charge them a yearly nominal fee, but I feel like that's a douche move. They just have to change their symbol for the Fighting Irish. They can still be the Fighting Irish.

The school should have known they can't just try to steal a copyrighted logo.

That's it in a nutshell they should a have at least asked . It's the most famous logo in college football you think one person would have said "should we ask?"

 

[k1ssme1m1r1sh]

This article was on WSBT the other day, and of course, the pretentious haters of South Bend all crawled out of the woodwork to comment on how ND is such a waste to this city. WSBT also wrote a lovely gem of an article today about the local restaurants all in a tizzy over the "night" game with USC because they'll lose business. For a city that appeared on Newsweek's top 10 list of "dying" cities, they really aren't doing themselves any favors. I just hope that all of the negative press they hurl at ND doesn't hinder recruiting.
Notre Dame vs. USC: A possible bust for local restaurants - wsbt.com

Oh and they've decided to UPDATE the logo article...Kansas high school not first to violate ND trademark - wsbt.com

 

[NDFan4Life]

This article was on WSBT the other day, and of course, the pretentious haters of South Bend all crawled out of the woodwork to comment on how ND is such a waste to this city. WSBT also wrote a lovely gem of an article today about the local restaurants all in a tizzy over the "night" game with USC because they'll lose business. For a city that appeared on Newsweek's top 10 list of "dying" cities, they really aren't doing themselves any favors. I just hope that all of the negative press they hurl at ND doesn't hinder recruiting.
Notre Dame vs. USC: A possible bust for local restaurants - wsbt.com

Oh and they've decided to UPDATE the logo article...Kansas high school not first to violate ND trademark - wsbt.com

What would happen with SB if ND decided to move out? I know it'll never happen, but I've seen it with other cities when the BRAC commission closed some miltary bases down. The cities became ghost towns. Restaurants & bars closed down, houses were boarded up and left to rot. People who live in SB and complain about ND have absolutley no common sense. They don't realize the implications in the long run. All they want is short-term solutions.

 

[UPMich_NDfan]

This happened to a High School 4 miles down the road from me. They were using the Wisconsin "W" and somehow word got down to Madison (7 hours away!). They were forced to change font of the "W" if they wanted to keep it.

 

[k1ssme1m1r1sh]

What would happen with SB if ND decided to move out? I know it'll never happen, but I've seen it with other cities when the BRAC commission closed some miltary bases down. The cities became ghost towns. Restaurants & bars closed down, houses were boarded up and left to rot. People who live in SB and complain about ND have absolutley no common sense. They don't realize the implications in the long run. All they want is short-term solutions.

What they do not also realize is that they live in a college town. They should consult with anyone else who lives in a college town, it's the same everywhere. Since I work here everyday I can tell you, I don't shop at their mall, and they have all the same restaurants and grocery stores etc in the town 20 miles the other direction for me. So if it weren't for my job, and ND, I'd have no reason to conduct any business here.

 

[GreatGolson]

they did this to cathedral which is funny because we have records showing that we used the leprechaun logo before notre dame, but they copywrited it so that makes it theirs legaly

 

[NDFan4Life]

What they do not also realize is that they live in a college town. They should consult with anyone else who lives in a college town, it's the same everywhere. Since I work here everyday I can tell you, I don't shop at their mall, and they have all the same restaurants and grocery stores etc in the town 20 miles the other direction for me. So if it weren't for my job, and ND, I'd have no reason to conduct any business here.

Like I said, no common sense.

Doing some research, I found the following:

According to the 2010 census, SB has a population of 101,168. I'm not sure how many are full-time students at ND, but I'd guess about 40 - 50,000 (if not more). I know ND is small compared to other top-tier universities, so I'm probably wrong on my guesstimate. Also, this site is pretty interesting in regards to the money spent by visitors and students and the impact on the economy in SB:

The Impact of Student and Visitor Spending // Economic Impact Report // University of Notre Dame

 

[k1ssme1m1r1sh]

Like I said, no common sense.

Doing some research, I found the following:

According to the 2010 census, SB has a population of 101,168. I'm not sure how many are full-time students at ND, but I'd guess about 40 - 50,000 (if not more). I know ND is small compared to other top-tier universities, so I'm probably wrong on my guesstimate. Also, this site is pretty interesting in regards to the money spent by visitors and students and the impact on the economy in SB:

The Impact of Student and Visitor Spending // Economic Impact Report // University of Notre Dame

A lady I work with has to volunteer at ND for her kids' school, she told me last year during one home game the one concession stand she worked in pulled in $15,000, in ONE game. How many concession stands are in the stadium? Then $70 per ticket, plus all the parking revenue for local businesses. Yeah ND is a cash cow for this town, and they are very good to their own employees and have very little turn over. I take care of people everyday who've worked their enitre lives at the Dome.

 

[The Polish Irishman]

Happens all the time...High School is went to had the same thing when with PSU and high school down the street had it happen with F$U

 

[Riddickulous]

Like I said, no common sense.

Doing some research, I found the following:

According to the 2010 census, SB has a population of 101,168. I'm not sure how many are full-time students at ND, but I'd guess about 40 - 50,000 (if not more). I know ND is small compared to other top-tier universities, so I'm probably wrong on my guesstimate. Also, this site is pretty interesting in regards to the money spent by visitors and students and the impact on the economy in SB:

The Impact of Student and Visitor Spending // Economic Impact Report // University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame has a student population of ~8,000. Way off.

 

[TerryTate]

There's like 6000 Undergrad and 2000 Grad students at ND.

Don't feel bad for the HS either.

 

[BeauBenken]

Isn't Notre Dame it's own city? South Bend should lay off.

 

[NDFan4Life]

Notre Dame has a student population of ~8,000. Way off.

No doubt! LMAO!

 

[k1ssme1m1r1sh]

Isn't Notre Dame it's own city? South Bend should lay off.

Technically, yes. They have their own zip code. We are 1 mile from campus and our zip code is different.

 

[BGIF]

Technically, yes. They have their own zip code. We are 1 mile from campus and our zip code is different.

Technically, no. Zip Code is a Post Office designation related to the volume of mail. It has nothing to do with the form of government.

Notre Dame's campus in an unincorporated area in St Joseph's County. Unicorporated areas don't have a municipal government and in most cases rely on the local county government for typical municipal services such as police, fire, etc. ND is different there as it has it's own police (under Indiana law) their own fire department, own water department and own utility company. ND does use the St Joe's DA's office for legal matters.

 

[PLACforever]

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Also, tons of High Schools steal logos, colleges let it slide until it is put directly in front of them and they are forced to act. I have HS gear with the Atlanta Falcons , Georgia Bulldogs, and Charlotte Hornets logos, all supplied by the HS.

 

[k1ssme1m1r1sh]

Technically, no. Zip Code is a Post Office designation related to the volume of mail. It has nothing to do with the form of government.

Notre Dame's campus in an unincorporated area in St Joseph's County. Unicorporated areas don't have a municipal government and in most cases rely on the local county government for typical municipal services such as police, fire, etc. ND is different there as it has it's own police (under Indiana law) their own fire department, own water department and own utility company. ND does use the St Joe's DA's office for legal matters.

True, but they are on the map as ND Indiana, and they do have their own police. But South Bend is just pissy now because of the Eddy St Commons. There is housing, a bank, shopping centers, and restaurants there now, so South Bend is getting the feeling that ND is becoming it's own "city" and taking the business away from the rest of South Bend. In reality they should be proud, because this end of Eddy st and farther west is a HOT MESS.