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Originally posted by KSig RC
Remember that trademarks have to retain source identification to avoid becoming a generic term - if it does become generic, the mark can be rendered invalid.
I'm not saying this has happened, but if so many other teams refer to their fans as the '12th man' there exists the distinct possibility. The portion about the foundation would not apply, IIRC, since there is really no incidence of confusion by sharing the mark.
-RC
--I'm also not a lawyer, so those with the JD may want to correct my generalizations.
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They renewed the trademark in 1990, 1996, and 2002