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RANDOLPH DUKE THE AGS LOVE YOU

J.B. TexasEx said:
Then why would the Colts stop using aggy's trademarks immediately? Does Rovell have his facts straight?

— Twitter API (@twitterapi) November 7, 2011
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I don't know if Rovell has his facts straight or not, but I can assure you that the university is never again going to file suit against the Colts if the team doesn't quit using the trademark. The Colts have all the information they need to crush TAMU. I still think it is rather chickenshit (for lack of a better word) that the university thinks the terms of the agreement need to be kept as a state secret. As a state entity, the university should be as transparent as they can be in their business dealings and nothing about the settlement of a suit regarding intellectual property that belongs to the people of the state of Texas needs to be kept from the people of the state of Texas.

Last year the university tried to go after Chuckie Sonntag and they ended up paying him to get him to agree to a confidentiality agreement. This time they tried to sue the Colts and didn't get a dime. There won't be another attempt to defend their trademark. Their 12th Man tradition did not originate in 1922 with E. King Gill. There is no way around that fact.

 
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This time they tried to sue the Colts and didn't get a dime. There won't be another attempt to defend their trademark.
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Okay, so why don't the Colts tell aggy to piss off?

Instead, they agreed to no longer use 12th Man in their promotions or on their merchandise. How is that a "win" for Indianapolis? 

 
This sounds like the Colts have conceded use of the phrase and acknowledged A&M's ownership. Not wanting to "battle" with Texas A&M means that the Aggies have a leg to stand on after all.

"In the end we decided the phrase itself was more important to Texas A&M than to us and we didn't feel making a change was a big issue for the vast majority of Colts fans," Colts chief operating officer Pete Ward said. "It wasn't worth a battle with the university. We will still recognize our crowd in the Ring of Honor in a manner to be announced in the near future."

The lawsuit said the Colts' use of the phrase would "cause confusion or deceive customers" about an affiliation with Texas A&M and "dilute and/or tarnish the distinctiveness and fame" the school receives from the trademark.

The Colts used the trademark to help sell tickets and merchandise, including an ad urging fans to "Join the 12th Man." The team also sold a "12th Man" blanket online. Both examples were included in the lawsuit.

Trademark owners who don't police the unauthorized use of a trademark risk losing the legal rights to it, according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

The university said the Colts agreed informally in 2006 not to use "12th Man" outside the RCA Dome, and that the Colts didn't respond to letters about the issue from Texas A&M in 2008 and 2012.
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Hey, aggy could pay back some of the money they've accrued from their bogus 12th man patent by relieving the 12th Man Police Unit of duty. 

 
This does kinda sound like an AsstoMouth victory. Ill be patient and wait another week i suppose. 

 
texasdalton said:
This does kinda sound like an AsstoMouth victory. Ill be patient and wait another week i suppose. 
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Let them gloat, let them puff out their chests, let them get all their shots in at me. Just let them do what they do. This reminds me of their celebrations when they took the 25-24 lead late in the fourth. Soak in their cheers.

You will be rewarded for your patience.

Go buy a nice, fat cigar, put it in the humidor and make sure you have your beverage of choice close at hand. You will know when its time to light up.

 
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So based on the Colts decision are you saying aggy won or they lost? Because by this point the Seahawks, Buffalo and the Colts have all said that aggy has the rights to the 12th Man. I'm beginning to wonder if their legal teams know something you don't.

We can laugh at aggy all we want. This doesn't sound like one of those times.

 
Randolph Duke said:
Let them gloat, let them puff out their chests, let them get all their shots in at me. Just let them do what they do. This reminds me of their celebrations when they took the 25-24 lead late in the fourth. Soak in their cheers.

You will be rewarded for your patience.

Go buy a nice, fat cigar, put it in the humidor and make sure you have your beverage of choice close at hand. You will know when its time to light up.
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Do you want beer or wine?

 
Randolph Duke said:
I don't know if Rovell has his facts straight or not, but I can assure you that the university is never again going to file suit against the Colts if the team doesn't quit using the trademark. The Colts have all the information they need to crush TAMU. I still think it is rather chickenshit (for lack of a better word) that the university thinks the terms of the agreement need to be kept as a state secret. As a state entity, the university should be as transparent as they can be in their business dealings and nothing about the settlement of a suit regarding intellectual property that belongs to the people of the state of Texas needs to be kept from the people of the state of Texas.
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Full settlement agreement in the article. I had to grease a few wheels and I'll owe some people one, but I was able to pull this from the 12th Man's Iron Fist..... Or I just filed an open records request and got it back earlier this morning, you psycho

http://www.goodbullhunting.com/2016/2/18/10978756/details-of-a-ms-settlement-with-the-indianapolis-colts

 
telcoag said:
Full settlement agreement in the article. I had to grease a few wheels and I'll owe some people one, but I was able to pull this from the 12th Man's Iron Fist..... Or I just filed an open records request and got it back earlier this morning, you psycho

http://www.goodbullhunting.com/2016/2/18/10978756/details-of-a-ms-settlement-with-the-indianapolis-colts
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Telco! How are you doing, friend?

Get your shots in while you can. You can apologize for your "psycho" comment in due course. I won't hold it against you, as long as I get a public apology.

 
BeardedTexan said:
So based on the Colts decision are you saying aggy won or they lost? Because by this point the Seahawks, Buffalo and the Colts have all said that aggy has the rights to the 12th Man. I'm beginning to wonder if their legal teams know something you don't.

We can laugh at aggy all we want. This doesn't sound like one of those times.
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This is about more than inter-school rivalries. You can almost say this is about "core values."

If the ags didn't think something was up, they wouldn't be responding to Open Records Act requests in less than 24 hours.

I promise you if Telco were to file an Open Records Act request asking for all the documents the university relied upon when they represented in their USPTO filing for their trademark and their assertion in paragraph 7 of their complaint against the Colts that the school's tradition originated in 1922, Telco wouldn't any response, let alone a response in less than 24 hours.

Telco, feel free to prove me wrong. I would LOVE to see what the school has to offer, because I already know what the Cushing Library has to offer.

It's 25-24 aggy, late in the fourth quarter. I can tell you how this ends....

 
telcoag said:
Alone, buried alive in a homemade bomb shelter, still clutching an unlit cigar?
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I'm sure the way you guys re-write history, that is how you teach the fish camp attendees the 2011 T-Day game ended. 25-24 aggy. And with one lone substitute on the sideline. lol. 

File your Open Records Act request for the documents the university relied upon when in their USPTO filing and in paragraph 7 of the complaint against the Colts that the schools tradition started in 1922. Come on, buddy. We want to see those documents within 24 hours.

It's over, friend.

 
You realize all that would come back from that request are the exact same documents that are already publicly accessible on USPTO's site, right?

I'm sure you'll actually kick that football one of these days, Charlie Brown.

 
telcoag said:
You realize all that would come back from that request are the exact same documents that are already publicly accessible on USPTO's site, right?

I'm sure you'll actually kick that football one of these days, Charlie Brown.
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Why don't you file the request and get another 24 hour response. Do me that favor.

It's over, Telco. Game, set, match.

And i want the apology for the "psycho" comment to be public and on this site.

 
Im sorry I called you a psycho, Randy.

Have a good night.

 
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