This looks Asian...like something you'd see in Singapore or Thailand. And, no, not just because the eye is not very round...:lol: It has a yin and yang quality to it, I guess.
I get what your saying with this but at the end of the day it's about revenue. When I see something for sale with the old logo, and it's something I want, I almost always buy it. When I see Toonces I always pass. I can only speak for myself, but I know for a fact that LSU has lost potential revenue from me.
It IS about revenue and think about it. You really don't buy much directly from LSU do you? Most of us buy from stores. For LSU to get any royalty money from the sales, they have to own the logo. Stores that sell unlicensed merchandise pay nothing to LSU, but stores that sell the LSU-branded stuff pay licensing fees. LSU has made tons more revenue from licensing its copyrighted logos far and wide than it ever made selling generic T-shirts in the union bookstore.
LSU does not have to have a copyright on the graphic to licence and make money on merchandise. The copyright only protects and establishes the ownership of the artwork not the branding. With branding Trademarking is what you want as it identifies the design/name/slogan/colors with the entity it's representing. LSU can and has trademarked the old logo in combination with the LSU or the full name to represent the university. See the attached scan of one of my shirts with the TM clearly visible next to the logo. Trademark law seeks to protect indications of the commercial source of products or services. Copyright law generally seeks to protect original literary, artistic and other creative works. Link
OK. Apparently this thread is never going to die, so I have to point out that it's throes not throws. Thank you. I feel better now.
unless what pod means is he wants to throw toonces to his death off the upper deck of tiger stadium. :grin:
The arguments against "Toonces" define minutiae. at some point you have to ask youself..."What is the meaning of life?" (Kilgore Trout knew the answer, but he didn't have a marker to write it on the bathroom wall where the question was posed amidst the filthy graffitti.) God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilgore_Trout
