Probably shouldn't have let the group start.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...d8f3fc9c0ed_story.html?utm_term=.2b3f245d38bc
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...d8f3fc9c0ed_story.html?utm_term=.2b3f245d38bc
i see, you were a member.
is it allowed because ISU sponsors the group? who determines which groups are sponsored? I can't imagine anyone can use trademarks on shirts whenever they want. What's the back-story?
In October 2010, a shirt design that read NORML on the front with the ISU mascot Cy as the O and the phrase "Freedom is NORML at ISU" on the back with a marijuana leaf above NORML was submitted. The shirt was approved and met the standards of the ISU trademark office at the time.
is it allowed because ISU sponsors the group? who determines which groups are sponsored? I can't imagine anyone can use trademarks on shirts whenever they want. What's the back-story?
Even though the university approved the group’s original design that incorporated the mascot and a marijuana leaf, Leath and the others blocked it claiming it violated the school’s trademark policy after getting pressure from conservative lawmakers and an appointee of Republican Gov. Terry Branstad who saw a story about the group’s planned T-shirt in a Des Moines Register article.
Looks like the University approved the design back in 2010:
http://www.iowastatedaily.com/news/article_b3682566-0180-11e4-a60f-0019bb2963f4.html
But that is in regards to this shirt:
So now I don't know which design was/wasn't approved.
I wouldn't have a problem with Iowa making as much money as Colorado has the past few years.
My wife says I'm too old wear an ISU Norml shirt. Think I will hoot a bone to celebrate anyway.