Word: harvard
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...result was the most sweeping statement the young dean has ever released on higher education and Harvard's role...
Companies that use the University's name to cash in will have to pay Harvard back a little of their earnings, thanks to a licensing program started earlier this year...
...Harvard decided that it needed an element of control over the name to ensure the quality and taste of goods with the Harvard trademark," said Joyce M. Brinton, director of Harvard's Office for Patents, Copyrights and Licensing, which will secure licenses from businesses seeking to make products with Harvard's name and insignia...
...Most every other university has a licensing program," said Brinton. She said the trademark does not cover the word "Harvard" per se, but only its use in reference to the University. The town of Harvard, Mass., Harvard Square, the Harvard Shop and the Harvard House of Pizza will not need to pay royalties to the University, but the makers of such items as t-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, bookends, boxer shorts, ties and turtlenecks will...
Both Scott and Brinton called the policy a means to assure that Harvard's name is not abused. Scott said examples of misuse would include "the name of Harvard on an unseemly device or the use of the name Harvard to publicize an activity not connected to or endorsed by the University...