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Posted: 7:11 PM Jul 14, 2008
Jury awards KU $127,000 for trademark violation
Deliberations Conclude for Eight Person Jury After two days of deliberations, the eight-person jury ruled
that Larry Sinks, owner of Joe-College.com, had infringed on the
university's trademark by selling unlicensed T-shirts online and
through his store.
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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) _ A federal jury ruled Monday that a Lawrence clothing store must pay the University of Kansas $127,000 for trademark infringement for selling unlicensed Jayhawk-related
merchandise.
After two days of deliberations, the eight-person jury ruled that Larry Sinks, owner of Joe-College.com, had infringed on the university's trademark by selling unlicensed T-shirts online and through his store.
The award, though, was well below the $500,000 the school had sought. The jury also ruled that about 75 percent of the 206 shirts
Joe-College.com sold did not violate any trademark.
An attorney for Joe-College.com said the store will remain in
business.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Posted by: J. Hawker
Location: Lawrence, KS
on Jul 14, 2008 at 06:10 PM
You have got to be kidding me!!! Where did they get these "jurors"? I am a BIG Jayhawk fan but feel that the University of Kansas should not have gotten a dime. KU is just upset because they did not have the vision of Larry Sinks to come up with that sort of TEAM SPIRIT. Copyright infringement my A$$.
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