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KU Concerned Over Obama Printed T-shirt
Monday 21st of July 2008 07:02:45 AM
Apparently the University of Kansas isn’t satisfied with their recent T-shirt lawsuit. The self-proclaimed printed T-shirt police are now more concerned with a political shirt, than with the standards of education they profess to uphold.
So what has caused this latest stir? A simple picture of Governor Kathleen Sebelius holding a printed T-shirt with the words "Barack Chalk Jayhawk" across the front. The university is concerned that it might look like it is supporting Barack Obama. The words are a play on the university's "Rock, Chalk, Jayhawk," chant.
The printed T-shirts came about after the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee referred to University of Kansas supporters at a campaign event in Kansas City, Mo., as "Barack Chalk Jayhawks." The university, which owns the trademark on the "Rock, Chalk, Jayhawk" slogan, gave the Young Democrats club permission to print 100 shirts in support of Obama — as long as only members of the group received the shirts.
The problem came when Sebelius, at a campaign event in May, was photographed with the shirt. Langston said there was a moment of panic when he realized someone outside the club had received a shirt, violating the original agreement.
In a separate case, a federal jury in Topeka ruled last week that Lawrence clothing store Joe-College.com must pay the university $127,000 for trademark infringement for selling unlicensed Jayhawk-related merchandise.
The award was well below the $500,000 (US) the school had sought. The jury also ruled that about 75 percent of the 206 shirts Joe-College.com sold did not violate any trademark.
Law professor Mike Hoeflich, a copyright expert, said it could be argued that the Obama printed T-shirts were both a copyright violation and an issue of political speech. "This differs from the recent Joe-College issue," Hoeflich said. "These Obama shirts are expressly political."
In any case, before you print your next T-shirt, you may want to check with KU to make sure that you aren’t infringing on any of their rights. After all, the printed T-shirt police may just come visiting with an order to cease and desist.
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