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Wasn't explicit like in the UND release so you didn't miss it in the Hurled.

You're the knowledge holder on that subject, not I.

So your desktop is covered with rabbit holes to go down! Brilliant!

You have got to be kidding me. Looks like that is "Inactive - Involuntary" since 01/06/2022. https://firststop.sos.nd.gov/search/business

Didn't say we owned it, just used it. (Pattern?) UND claimed first use of the interlock but "Our Lady" got the first TM. Sounds vaguely familiar given the UND release tonight ... History on this topic ain't great for UND. Only thing they've ever had unique and owned by TM is ... Fighting Hawks. < shrug >

The UND release says the LLC surrendered rights to UND: What I don't get is the claim "through the mark’s use over many years". When, before 2021, was NODAK last used? No use in commerce makes the ownership claim go away (just like the NCAA settlement makes UND use the old name in commerce to keep the TM valid and retain ownership).

Because they used NODAK on a jersey 70 years ago they are claiming TM rights? Is there paperwork on that?

Look what UND put out. Someone's working late. https://blogs.und.edu/press-releases/2022/12/university-statement-regarding-nodak-use-on-hockey-jerseys/ No financial transaction is good. And no kidding "in the best interests of all concerned" ... those appearing to be in conflict of interest. April 2020? So who used the insider knowledge to clue in the LLC to lock down that trademark in September 2020?

I do believe the interlocked ND (in one font or another) was an official logo until it replaced with the "ND hawk".

How do you find such obscure information.

I wish UND held to a uniform theme across all sports. Black helmets, green helmets, don't care, but can we be consistent across hockey and FB.

A bunch of us here knew of this for weeks and been cringing should it come out. And many of us have been trying to head it off by contacting UND as @iramurphydescribes. UND could've gotten in front of this but didn't.

Well, according to @Frozen4sioux there's a grand master 'strategery' in play. He'll explain.

True. Using someone else's TM in commerce is a far different area. You'd best have signed usage (license) agreements. Hope UND had and can show those and didn't just have a verbal "sure, go ahead" okey-dokey.

It's been on both sides for at least two if not three seasons. It started when they went to black-on-green instead of green-on-green stickers. Still looking for the words "Fighting Hawks" on a hockey jersey worn by Berry's team.

100% Do it like you mean it or not at all.

Before recently I'd only referenced the patents portion of USPTO.gov.

I'll do you one better ... (and that was for @Langster019 )

Agree. Even if every intent was good-willed and non-malicious, how this appears is unsavory for the Berrys and completely uncomplimentary to UND.

Cleaner ... as long as he recused from jersey decisions also. But still not a great look. And why not tell that to the press and be done?

And here's Mafia's business card.

NDSU fans during the vote were ready with NOD--KS.

So, again, Paul Harvey*, quit bloviating and give us "the rest of the story". *the kids that can't do laundry won't get the reference

What if the goal wasn't a buck, but to create a hockey-only identity at UND. That's what @Frozen4siouxseems to be claiming.

It's a party but I do agree with Ms. Romanov's assessment.