Ripped Off Logos

[no2cyclones]

technically they arent our logos anymore since we use I STATE now. or does it apply to any logo that we have ever had

I would think they're still the property of the institution. Iowa State still displays versions of the logo on their website.

 

[Gtown25]

Grinnell High School is similar to the Kansas State. But slightly different.

 

[cyclones500]

That is a pretty cool site.

Checking through the Iowa schools included there, quite a few derived straight from college helmets.

Norheast (Northwestern)
West Bend-Mallard (Michigan)
Waukon (Florida State)
Several w/ Michigan State
Etc.

Interesting questions (or not) --

1 is there any kind of trademark w/ helmets that are pretty much "generic" but steeped in tradition (such as Notre Dame, used by Heelan and Wahlert, for example) or do any arrangements apply only to logos?

2 Is there a difference between NFL-derived designs, and college, as far as trademark situations?

3 Bettendorf's helmet logo appears patterned after Pitt's old logo --- does a school retain rights even if it changes its design?

4 How "original" is "original"?

Sorry if some of this was answered elsewhere in the thread - -have't gotten that far yet.

 

[cyclonefreak5]

Not to mention this travesty...

 

[PDXCyclone]

Found this photo of the helmet pictured in the original message of this thread. Zoom in and you can see them real clearly.

 

[Stumpy]

Grinnell High School is similar to the Kansas State. But slightly different.

It's like the Power Cat mated with the Thundercats.

 

[oskyclone]

i thought grinnell was the tigers

 

[yler4cy]

Is the logo mirrored in the original post? It looks like it is backwards.

 

[Bigman38]

Treynor in SW Iowa. They literally just took the bottom part of the I off to make it a T on the old walking CY. I also seem to remember the Jefferson-Scranton had the same helmets as the St. Louis Rams.

I could care less if someone uses our likeness, it happens everywhere all the time and ISU would come off really bad if they started cracking down on these high schools.

 

[Freebird]

technically they arent our logos anymore since we use I STATE now. or does it apply to any logo that we have ever had

We have registered TM on many logos including tornado Cy.

 

[Gtown25]

i thought grinnell was the tigers

We are the tigers. Just our tiger logo is similar to Wild Cat logo

 

[The_Architect]

Grinnell High School is similar to the Kansas State. But slightly different.

Carlise is a direct copy of the Powercat, just in gold.

 

[burn587]

Not sure if Michigan has trademarked their helmet design but when I played high school ball Sioux City North had replica helmets just with the colors switched to green and white instead of blue and yellow.

 

[CyLoboClone]

i'm guessing princeton doesnt care either.

 

[Gtown25]

i'm guessing princeton doesnt care either.

Delaware Doesnt care either.

 

[cyguytillidie]

Not to mention this travesty...

Why did you post Iowa's logo twice???

 

[Bigman38]

Delaware Doesnt care either.

Now is that considered a logo or a helmet design? You can't trademark stuff like stripes on a helmet, can you?

 

[theshadow]

Not sure if Michigan has trademarked their helmet design but when I played high school ball Sioux City North had replica helmets just with the colors switched to green and white instead of blue and yellow.

North is red/blue.

West is green/white.

 

[burn587]

Not sure if Michigan has trademarked their helmet design but when I played high school ball Sioux City North had replica helmets just with the colors switched to green and white instead of blue and yellow.

North is red/blue.West is green/white.

You're right, it was west. I just remember them not being very good, but they had cool helmets.

 

[ISU_phoria]

A high-school in central MN uses the wild cat too.