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The Battalion Thursday, Nov. 3, 1988 Page 3
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I Texas A&M earned more than
$200,000 last year by requiring man
ufacturers to sign a royalty agreement
before distributing products displaying
various A&M logos.
I Don Powell, director of business serv
ices, said that amount is comparable with
hat other major colleges and universi-
;s around the country make from their
ensing agreements.
“Every major college and university in
; country has a licensing program now,
id has had one for several years,” Pow-
e l said.
| Tom Hardin, trademark licensing
anager for the University of Texas Sys-
m, said UT-Austin will take some-
here between $200,000 and $300,000
is year. Lousiana State University
made $278,000 from its licensing pro
gram last year, according to published
reports.
The money that A&M takes in is used
to support student activities on campus,
based on requests made through the of
fice of Dr. John Koldus III, vice presi
dent for student services. Powell said
that the program has been responsible for
more than $500,000 in funding for stu
dent activities.
Powell said that 501 companies and
individuals currently hold licenses with
A&M to produce products with the nine
registered logos and symbols: the seal of
the University, the ring crest, Old Sarge,
12th (or Twelfth) Man, Gig ’em Aggies,
TAMU, Texas A&M University, Texas
Aggies, and the ATM symbol.
The word “Aggies” by itself is not sole
property of Texas A&M because other
A&M colleges, such as New Mexico
State University, also use that nickname,
Powell said.
According to the terms of the A&M li
censing contracts, a manufacturer who
desires the use of a logo agrees to pay
A&M 6.5 percent of the manufacturer’s
net sales price for each item sold, in ad-
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purchase one, here is a simple list of con
siderations. Pets deserve a serious com
mitment, and all good Aggies should
abide by the Aggie Pet Pledge.
I shall:
• Plan before getting a pet and be pre
pared to assume the legal, moral and fi
nancial responsibilties involved in pet
ownership.
• Check with my landlord before
bringing home a new pet.
• Make a lifelong commitment to my
pet.
• Provide my pet with proper veteri
nary care, including yearly check-ups
and vaccinations.
• Be willing to invest much time and
effort in training my pet to make him an
enjoyable companion and to provide for
his safety.
• Be prepared to deal patiently with
the nuisance behaviors of my pet, like
crying all night, scratching and chewing.
• Give my pet love and attention da
ily and be a companion when he needs
me, not just at my convenience.
• Spay/neuter my dog or cat to pre
vent it from contributing to the tragic pet
overpopulation problem.
• Ensure that my dog or cat wears a
collar with a Brazos County License
Tag, which is required by law and could
save his life.
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VOTE
BY
ABSENTEE
BALLOT
Avoid the lines on Nov. 8. It’s quick
and it’s easy so absentee vote now
at the following locations:
• The College Station Community Center
1300 Jersey St.
across from TAMU campus
• The Brazos County Courthouse
on Texas Avenue in Bryan
between 26th and 25th streets
Open Sam to 5pm
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FUTURE DEPENDS ON AMERICAS VOTERS
dition to a one-time, $100 licensing fee
to cover necessary paperwork.
The contract for UT symbols is simi
lar, with wearing apparel charged at a 7
percent royalty and all other uses
charged at 6 percent.
Rice University, Texas Christian Uni
versity, and the University of Houston
are represented by the marketing firm of
Collegiate Concepts Inc., as are South
ern Methodist Univerity, Baylor Univer
sity and 92 other colleges. A contract
with CCI costs the manufacturer 6.5 per
cent interest and an up-front fee of $250.
Most schools, including A&M, also
reserve the right to screen all designs and
to reject any that it feels are not in good
taste or in keeping with the image of the
school. Powell said he could only re
member two recent instances when the
school refused permission for a product
to be marketed.
One was a “really goofy” Old Sarge,
he said, and the other was an inappro
priate use of a Corps of Cadets emblem
that was later redesigned and approved.
When A&M first began registering
symbols and charging royalties, a group
of local retailers and manufacturers sued
the school, but the courts upheld A&M’s
right to limit the uses of marks identified
with the school. Powell said the outcome
of other legal battles over licensing
around the country has been similar to
A&M’s experience.
“Without exception, the rulings have
been in favor of the University, or the
case was settled out of court,” Powell
said. “There has never been a final ruling
denying the right of a school to register
its logos.”
Powell said that because most man
ufacturers are now aware of the licensing
requirements, it is becoming less com
mon to find products on the market with
out a licensing agreement.
When A&M becomes aware of an ap
parently unlicensed product, its first step
is to contact the manufacturer, inform
them of the licensing procedure, and find
out whether the manufacturer already has
signed an agreement.
“Sometimes a parent company has
signed a contract with us, and then
farmed the manufacturing out to a sub
sidiary with an entirely different name,”
Powell said.
But if A&M finds that the product is
unlicensed, the manufacturer is told ei
ther to sign a contract or stop making the
product.
“They almost always choose to sign
the contract,” Powell said. “We’ve al
ways been able to reach an agreement, so
we’ve never had to sue anybody.”
• Obey the leash law and prevent my
dog or cat from becoming a neighbor
hood nuisance.
• Check the Brazos Animal Shelter
immediately if my pet is missing.
• Make proper care provisions for my
pet when I am away, ensuring that the
caregiver will follow through with emer
gency veterinary care and will look for
my pet should he get lost.
• Never abandon my pet. If I am no
longer able to keep my pet, I shall try to
find a loving and responsible home or I
will take it to the Brazos Animal Shelter
where it has a chance of finding a home.
Convict faces death
by lethal injection
HUNTSVILLE (AP) — A con
victed killer once characterized by his
own attorney as the most hated man
in San Antonio faced execution early
Thursday for the 1975 abduction
slaying of a nurse.
Donald Gene Franklin’s hopes for
a reprieve were dashed Wednesday
when the U.S. Supreme Court voted
7-2 against his request for a stay.
Other federal and state courts earlier
had refused similar motions.
Franklin’s only response was
“Thank you,’’ when told of the high
court’s ruling, Texas prison officials
said. He was visiting with his parents
at the time.
Franklin, who had three trials and
at least five execution dates, was
slated for lethal injection before dawn
Thursday for the July 1975 death of
Mary Margaret “Peggy” Moran.
“He just told me he was framed for
something he didn’t do,” a fellow
death row inmate, Johnny Penry, said
Wednesday. Franklin, 37, for years
has refused interview requests from
reporters.
Texas Department of Corrections
officials described Franklin — who
requested a final meal of a hamburger
and french fries — as calm as he
awaited the execution in a small cell
adjacent to the death chamber.
Penry, however, who saw Franklin
earlier in the week, described Frank
lin as up-tight.
“He’s not calm,” Penry said.
“He’s worried about what’s going to
happen to him.”
Franklin’s case virtually halted all
Texas executions for about a year
when the Supreme Court last year
agreed to consider his challenge to
the Texas capital punishment law.
But in June, the court ruled 6-3 to
reject his Claim that jurors unfairly
were not allowed to consider mitigat
ing circumstances when deciding his
punishment.
Moran’s mother, Patricia Craw
ford, said, “I think for so long every
one was so concerned about Frank
lin’s rights, I really felt Peggy’s
rights got lost in the process. I know
I’m not at peace. I feel Peggy is not at
peace.... I hope some day — and I
hope it’s (Wednesday) night, we can
have peace and have relief. ’ ’
The disappearance of Moran from
a San Antonio hospital in July 1975
prompted a highly publicized city
wide search. She was found in a va
cant lot five days after her abduction,
nude and bleeding from multiple stab
wounds and barely alive. She died
later in a hospital.
“I have nightmares about that —
wondering what went through her
mind those days,” her mother said.
Franklin, who was on parole for a
rape conviction when he was arrested
for the Moran abduction, consistently
denied any involvement in the inci
dent and blamed it on a friend. Eye
witnesses, however, provided his li
cense plate number from a car
speeding away from the hospital. Po
lice found the nurse’s belongings in
his garbage can and blood found on
his clothing matched Moran’s blood.
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