The Athens News illustrated the intrastate fued with this cartoon Jan. 5. Between October and March, scores of stories appeared in newspapers and magazines across the country on the dispute, including Sports Illustrated, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Wall Street Journal, The Baltimore Sun, The Christian Science Monitor and The Denver Post . Ohio University President Robert Glidden noted that the issue is not trivial. There is a simple principle here.
Trademarks are concerned only with secondary meaning of a word.
For both 'Ohio' and 'Buckeyes,' the trademarks held by our universities apply only to athletic events and apparel. Ohio State rejected the agreement in December. On Feb. 17, Ohio University filed a response to Ohio State's combined complaint to cancel and oppose the Ohio University trademark.