[BR Today]

Recently, LSU requested that Bobby Jindal's campaign committee, cease and desist the production of their purple and gold 'Tigers for Jindal' stickers because of "the school's polices use of its colors and mascot because they are so closely identified with the school". I can see how this is a somewhat gray area because of the combination of the colors and the mascot, but does LSU really have a copyright on the word tiger and those colors? Obviously the Jindal people didnt want to infringe on LSU since they didn't use the letters LSU, but how far is LSU going to take this? If the stickers were just purple and gold with Jindal's name on them, or if they were white and had 'Tigers for Jindal' on them, would either or both of those be acceptable? LSU needs to rethink their approach to this before they take it too far and cause alot of unwanted grief between the possible future governor of the state and the University.

Vote on our poll and tell us what you think. Should the Jindal campaign be forced to cease production of these stickers or not?

[Red Stick]

God forbid if the colors purple and gold and the word Tiger ever show up somewhere together. The commercialism of things has really gotten out of control. Jindal is giving the stickers away, he's not profiting from the sale of the stickers. Give the guy a break, O'Keefe.

[Sunny]

There is always somebody who wants to get upset about everything.

If you had a gray sticker that said: "People for Person" somebody would sue saying they they are a person for people and feel that gray is demeaning to Eeyore.

As long as LSU accepts money from the State or Federal Governments they shouldn't have a right to disallow people from using their name, logo, or colors. If they want to exercise a copyright or trademark they should support themselves one hundred percent.

If they use money I send to the government when I pay taxes then I'll use their "tiger", colors, or name as I like. Because when they accept public money they become public property as far as I'm concerned.

[BR Today]

As long as LSU accepts money from the State or Federal Governments they shouldn't have a right to disallow people from using their name, logo, or colors. If they want to exercise a copyright or trademark they should support themselves one hundred percent.

If they use money I send to the government when I pay taxes then I'll use their "tiger", colors, or name as I like. Because when they accept public money they become public property as far as I'm concerned.

You know, thats a very interesting observation that i've never even thought about. Perhaps we should present this question to the University.