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All Georgia High School Teams Should Boycott FSU, Other CLC Teams
Sports marketing firm Collegiate Licensing Company has insisted that several Georgia high schools change team logos that are similar to that of the Seminoles. Should the Oconee County Warriors and their similar spear logo be worried?
According to a couple of recent Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper articles, the Atlanta-based sports marketing firm Collegiate Licensing Company sent letters to several metro Atlanta area high schools for trademark infringement over the high schools' use of a logo resembling that of the Florida State Seminoles and the University of Florida. I am not a trademark attorney nor do I play one on TV, but I am a fan of high school football and know the pride our kids take in putting on uniforms similar to those with the same name: the Athens Academy Spartans and Michigan State Spartans would be an excellent example of how two schools co-exist reasonably and without difficulties despite similar athletic aesthetic. Prince Avenue Christian …
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Donnie Vinson
1:45 pm on Monday, March 28, 2011
I personally think that Salem High School should send a letter/petition to FSU that is signed by the nearly 1600 students there, that in-part states: (1) assure FSU that you will no longer promote FSU as an institution of higher learning for Salem graduates, and that the academic advisors at Salem have no plans to promote you as such (so save money on your brochures, and do not send any … more ›