He already did...it's all about Michigan U....if Michigan U. shoots well, Michigan U. wins...if Michigan U shoots "okay", Michigan U. barely wins...if Michigan U. shoots poorly, then Michigan U. goes home early.

To paraphrase, Ohio will not win this game, but Michigan U. might lose it.

http://bobcatattack.com/messageboard/topic.asp?FromPage=1...

Well actually if you read our preview of the game in the article it was a little more than that ...

*sigh*

This is going to go on until 7:15 on Friday night, isn't it?

Thanks a lot, Eroc.

2 thoughts about our legal options (and I will be the first to admit that I know very little about intellectual property law):

(1) Is the State University of Michigan selling any licensed apparel referring to a university as "Ohio" without our permission? Because if so, they may owe us royalties.

(2) Does allowing an institution such as the State University of Michigan to refer to osu as "Ohio" weaken our legal argument that we are the only university that may refer to itself as "Ohio"? It seems to me it would. If osu were to become commonly known as "Ohio" through common use that they did not encourage in an unpermissible way, I would think they would then have an argument that we are not entitled to the exclusive rights to "Ohio." And if that is the case, ATTENTION BRADY HOKE AND ALL MICHIGAN FANS--YOU ARE ACTUALLY HELPING OSU BY CALLING THEM "OHIO," AND YOU ARE CAUSING OHIO DAMAGE, SO TAKE YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THERE BEING NO DISRESPECT AND SHOVE THEM UP YOUR COLON BECAUSE YOU ARE IGNORANT, IGNORANT FOOLS!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Go Bobcats.

Great post .....but I was Born into Blue. Stll a fan even though I positively think my pops would be rolling in his grave knowing Cal was at the helm....

What's funny is that you can find many references to OU" right on the Ohio University web site.

Example, and there are hundreds of them:

http://woub.org/2012/03/05/ou-journalism-students-recogni...

I find it humorous that so many fellow alums are so hung up on this.

Uhhhh, the Wolverines ARE referred to as U of M. Venture north of the state line and you'll find that out.

Eroc, here is what you don't seem to grasp. Hoke, at age 10 was trying to offend Ohio State fans by referring to them as "Ohio", and he is still doing it. Obviously he considers mistaking them for "Ohio" to be an insult. Note that if he had a high opinion of Ohio University, he would not have chosen to do this, because calling Ohio State "Ohio" would have been a compliment.

From his own words, he knows the difference. Despite knowing better, he continues to use it because he knows it offends Ohio State fans. Therefore it is clear that, since he continues to use "Ohio" as an insult, he continues to have a low opinion of Ohio University. It is entirely reasonable therefore, for Ohio fans to be highly offended, and to find Hoke highly offensive, and also to find highly offensive any Michigan fans that follow his lead.

To put it in perspective, suppose I started insulting Michigan fans by saying "you're just an Eroc". Would you consider that a compliment? Now, you have no legal trademark on Eroc, I suspect, so the offense you could take would be considerably lower that the offense that would be appropriately taken by someplace that actually had a legal trademark on their name, say, Ohio University, when their name was being used as an insult.

You are correct.  In particular your closing clause is on point.  Reason: the trademark does not apply broadly but instead to licensed athletically related apparel and merchandise. 

Here's a good luck message I received from a buddy of mine who lives here in Columbus. He is a Detroit native and holds two degrees from the University of Michigan. He is a successful community leader and his strong education has helped him succeed professionally. Here is his message verbatim:

" I am rooting for Ohio. I am disgusted with Michigan's childish word games! Go Bobcats!

ERoc you are incredibly dense. Did you graduate from the institution in Ann Arbor? I always thought it was a pretty good school but I'm starting to rethink that assumption.

Again people that want to complain about "disrespect" and then you want to call him names and disrespect him as well. Classic 12 year old girl there. Are you going to go pout in the corner with your blankie now? Wow! Keep hating and taking this thing way overboard. Wondering why you haven't been complaining about it everyday for the past year instead of on game week.

Also I am willing to beat that Coach Hoke didn't even know "Ohio University" existed when he was 10 years old by the way along with a lot of other people. No offense.

Now all of a sudden it goes to trademark and selling merchandise. Talk about classic going overboard.  Where is all this merchandise your talking about? Love how all of a sudden it is about money.

Here is the official Michigan merchandise catalog: M-Den ... Go through it.

Since "Ohio University" seems to own the word "Ohio" as you guys are saying why not sell the state, sell the river, sell the street, sell the property in the state of Ohio, and sell the university? 

Hell why not actually call your school "Ohio" instead of "Ohio University"? That might actually help people out so they don't call them Bobcats or Ohio University or OU, or Ohio U.

Do you know what I call Coach Hoke:

WINNER!!

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11-2!

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See ya after the game win or lose I will post here!