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Originally Posted by knight_shadow
I can't remember ordering T-shirts with university info for any of the organizations I was involved with. Any time we ordered shirts, it was for folks who 1) went to the university or 2) were in the immediate community, so it was kind of redundant. It was always "Alpha Beta Gamma, Zeta Gamma Chapter" or "Student Council Group, [group tagline]" -- never a need to mention the university.
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I see Greek Week tee-shirts now and then that have the school name on them.
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Originally Posted by amanda6035
BTW, I think this is really dumb. I GET it, but I still think it's dumb.
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It's business. Very big business. For some schools, we're talking about huge amounts of money on products that sell just because they have the school's name or mascot on them.
If what you're looking at is something like a Greek Week tee-shirt, what you need to check is exactly what Georgia State has copyrighted or trademarked, and what the restrictions are. (You can start
here.) Often, schools are primarily concerned about logos (institutional and athletic), word marks and uses of a name in a way that suggest the product is "official," such as use of the name with the school colors or something that resembles a mascot. They may not be as concerned about simple use of the name in something like a Greek Week tee-shirt that is not being resold for profit.
Also, many times schools will give blanket permission to organizations related to the school to use names and the like within certain parameters, much like GLO chapters can use GLO logos that a vendor would have to pay a licensing fee for. It's definitely worth inquiring about. (The page I linked says who at GSU to contact.)