Posted on 12/06/2007 1:02:22 PM PST by RKV
Early in November, On The Fence Films received a letter from an attorney representing Indiana University. The letter stated that university was claiming that a portion of the logo used for "Indoctrinate U" looked similar to the university's logo.
From a design and typographical standpoint, there were readily apparent differences between our graphics and the university's logo. There is also no likelihood of consumer confusion because our product is a film whereas theirs is four years in Bloomington. We're in totally different markets.
But in an act of good faith, we voluntarily took the Indoctrinate-U.com site offline while we reviewed our options and decided how to proceed.
Taking down the Web site of a film that we've been working on for four years was painful. We got lots of e-mails from people wondering what was happening, wondering whether some school was trying to shut us down because of the content of our film.
(Excerpt) Read more at opinionjournal.com ...
http://indoctrinate-u.com/pages/welcome.html
Looks pretty similar to me.
I like how the opening shot is of the Rotunda and The Lawn here at U.Va.
Now I am slightly color blind, but red is different than green, isn’t it? That’s what they tell me.
Different font too.
One has a circle (actually several) around it. One does not.
Err...opening shot of the trailer.
Try changing the color on Microsoft or Apple’s logo and using it as you own and see how long before the trademark infringement claims start arriving.
Evan should tell IU FU.
I didn’t know that Indiana had the monopoly on the letters “I” and “U”.
Michael A. McRobbie President (812) 855-4613 iupres@indiana.edu Karen Adams Chief of Staff (812) 856-5596 kadams@indiana.edu Carol Isaacs Executive Assistant (812) 855-0454 cisaacs@indiana.edu Vicki Petermichel Scheduling Assistant (812) 856-0540 vpetermi@indiana.edu Gail Weaver Correspondence Assistant (812) 856-5916 gweaver@indiana.edu Debra Neff Office Manager and Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff (812) 855-8339 deneff@indiana.edu Marcia Pickett Executive Secretary (812) 855-4613 mapicket@indiana.edu Jo Ann Bush Executive Secretary (Indianapolis Office) (317) 274-3571 jabush@iupui.edu Kelly Kish Research Specialist (812) 856-3275 kekish@indiana.edu Communications Staff Larry MacIntyre Assistant Vice President for University Communications (812) 856-1172 lmacinty@indiana.edu Ryan Piurek Assistant Director, University Communications (812) 855-5393 rpiurek@indiana.edu Susan Moke Senior Communications Assistant (812) 855-9516 smoke@indiana.edu Becky Wood Communications Assistant (812) 855-0253 rewood@indiana.edu Kim Denny Administrative Secretary (812) 856-1172 kdenny@indiana.edu Mailing Addresses Office of the President Indiana University Bryan Hall 200 107 S. Indiana Ave. Bloomington, IN 47405 (812) 855-4613 Fax: (812) 855-9586 Office of the President Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis University Place Conference Center 850 W. Michigan Street Suite 243 Indianapolis, IN 46202-5198 (317) 274-3571 Fax: (317) 274-5098
No no but their Duke like faculty claim that nobody had ever arranged them as a candelabra before...
I can just see it now:
"Sesame Street has been brought to you by the letters, 'I' and 'U' -"
"Excuse me, Big Bird, but I represent the offices of Bilkem, Milkem, and Runn, who are on retainer from Indiana University, and my clients own the rights to the letters 'I' and 'U', hereafter referred to as Exhibits A and B..."
"But, but, Mr. Attorney, we're not talking about 'A' and 'B' today, we're talking about 'I' and 'U'!"
"So am I, and so does this cease-and-desist order..."
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