SU trying to trademark "Orange"

[Tom Frey]

http://news.yahoo.com/video/whoknew-weird-patents-trademarks-060000476.html

Forgive me if this is old news, but i don't remember hearing about this.

 

[orangeinjersey]

Can someone provide some backstory here...

When we changed our name from Orangemen, was it bacuase of social/media pressure becuase of it being racist (redskins anyone?), or was it because the local oneida/onandaga indian nation were legitly not cool with it. Or was it a branding thing? I know all our teams used to have their own logo etc. Anyone know the real reason for the change?

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Can someone provide some backstory here...

When we changed our name from Orangemen, was it bacuase of social/media pressure becuase of it being racist (redskins anyone?), or was it because the local oneida/onandaga indian nation were legitly not cool with it. Or was it a branding thing? I know all our teams used to have their own logo etc. Anyone know the real reason for the change?

Nike told us to.

http://www.suathletics.com/news/2004/5/11/newlogo2004.aspx?path=mbasket

 

[SmilinBob]

Well if Georgetown can trademark "sucks" I can't see why SU can't trademark Orange.

 

[690West]

Can someone provide some backstory here...

When we changed our name from Orangemen, was it bacuase of social/media pressure becuase of it being racist (redskins anyone?), or was it because the local oneida/onandaga indian nation were legitly not cool with it. Or was it a branding thing? I know all our teams used to have their own logo etc. Anyone know the real reason for the change?

It had nothing to do with skin color. There are no people with Orange skin. I believe it was a gender thing with the administration wanting to brand all our men and women as one, thus the Orange! Fyi, worst idea ever.

 

[690West]

It had nothing to do with skin color. There are no people with Orange skin. I believe it was a gender thing with the administration wanting to brand all our men and women as one, thus the Orange! Fyi, worst idea ever.

oops. i forgot about the tanning mom. She was wicked offended.

 

[Finwad32]

It had nothing to do with skin color. There are no people with Orange skin. I believe it was a gender thing with the administration wanting to brand all our men and women as one, thus the Orange! Fyi, worst idea ever.

New Jersey begs to differ on the Orange skin thing.

 

[All4SU]

We had to change it when we got sued by the Protestants.

 

[shandeezy7]

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/...negotiate_with_syracuse_over_orange_trademark

 

[javadoc]

http://news.yahoo.com/video/whoknew-weird-patents-trademarks-060000476.html

Forgive me if this is old news, but i don't remember hearing about this.

Hopefully this doesn't mean it's here to stay. Someday someone is going to bring a suit for pain & suffering when he shows up to a women's basketball game, to see the "Orange", and is shocked - shocked, I tell you - to discover that there are no men playing!

 

[anomander]

We want to trademark orange, and then break out the all blues. color me confused

 

[riskylogic]

Can someone provide some backstory here...

When we changed our name from Orangemen, was it bacuase of social/media pressure becuase of it being racist (redskins anyone?), or was it because the local oneida/onandaga indian nation were legitly not cool with it. Or was it a branding thing? I know all our teams used to have their own logo etc. Anyone know the real reason for the change?

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure the original connotation of "Orangemen" is with the Orange Order, a Dutch/Scottish/Irish protestant organization. Because the Order was and is associated with violence in Northern Ireland, the Saltine Warrior was brought in as a more politically correct alternative. When that backfired, fruit became the terror from upstate. I think Otto needs a kilt, cause the Order still knows how to tailgate: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2013/jul/13/belfast-orange-order-march-violence-video

 

[rosconey]

orangemen had ZERO to do with protestant groups -
su marketing dept hasnt been worth a shnit since it was created - we changed our colors to orange and never used nickname- we became the orangemen by defualt

 

[Toga]

 

[riskylogic]

orangemen had ZERO to do with protestant groups -
su marketing dept hasnt been worth a shnit since it was created - we changed our colors to orange and never used nickname- we became the orangemen by defualt

OK, I stand corrected. Syracuse was founded as a protestant university, but the Orange Order had nothing to do with it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse_University#Founding

I still think Otto needs a kilt, at least for the Notre Dame games.

 

[DNABB5]

It had nothing to do with skin color. There are no people with Orange skin. I believe it was a gender thing with the administration wanting to brand all our men and women as one, thus the Orange! Fyi, worst idea ever.

Um, this is untrue. Ever see a redhead with a fake tan?

 

[AZOrange]

Absurd...

 

[llandz]

It had nothing to do with skin color. There are no people with Orange skin. I believe it was a gender thing with the administration wanting to brand all our men and women as one, thus the Orange! Fyi, worst idea ever.

This is the correct answer!!!!
As a female, I have to say I liked Orangemen. I don't like Orange. I was NOT insulted by our name. Sort of like the mailman. But I have a mailwoman. No one has changed her designation that I know of. Or maybe they have by postal worker. But we all talk about the mailman.

 

[SmilinBob]

Has Miami trademarked "The U"? We ought to file for that one too, just to peeve them off.

 

[690West]

Has Miami trademarked "The U"? We ought to file for that one too, just to peeve them off.

We should also go after "The" to piss off Ohio state

 

[SmilinBob]

Letters to be sent to recruits:

"The Syracuse University Orange...come play for the U".

 

[Cynergy]

But I have a mailwoman. .

I believe Bart Simpson coined the PC term. Femailman