Schools Can Protect Their Team Colors

A federal judge in the Eastern District of Louisiana has granted summary judgment to Louisiana State University, The Ohio State University, the University of Oklahoma, the University of Southern California and The Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC) in a case where an apparel company was using the respective school’s colors and other identifying characteristics as a way to increase sales.   Not only did the Smack Apparel Company produce shirts with LSU’s purple and gold, Ohio State’s s