So I’m skiing behind this lad, catch up with him at the line for the chairlift and ask where in Ireland he’s from. Turns out he skis for the aforementioned American college. Then I noticed the little TM after Irish? Seems weird that they could trademark the word Irish to describe a team or otherwise?

by heartfullofsomething

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  1. They have for their College branding

    [The University’s trademarks include “Notre Dame,” “University of Notre Dame,” “Fighting Irish,” “Irish,” “ND,” and “What Would You Fight For?” as well as icons such as the leprechaun, the shamrock, the monogram, the University’s seals, and the depiction of the Dome.](https://onmessage.nd.edu/university-branding/trademark-licensing/)

  2. Any gobshite can use the TM thing. It’s practically meaningless

  4. hey i don’t mind them trade marking Irish but as the founding company i think we should be getting Royalties for Namesake

  8. Their ice ice hockey team came to Belfast recently. They were told not to weat the colour green in Belfast or anything with Irish symbols on it in a social media post. It backfired quite a bit hahaha.

  10. Is their trademark on the word Irish only applicable on American university items?

    Because if it’s a US only trademark we can trademark it here and own the EU rights. Then slap it on hats and shirts and such.

  11. I still want to know what an American university named after a French cathedral has anything to do with Ireland…

  12. The Fighting Irish really refers to the Gridiron football team, one of the most prestigious in the history of the sport. It was coined by journalists and was a compliment at the time, but sure, hating yanks is a much more effective way to get up votes..

  14. Jesus, there’s so much misinformation in this thread about Notre Dame it’s as if the university’s own PR department wrote half the comments.

    They were called the Fighting Irish way before their stand against the KKK in 1924, so the name does not come from that. In fact, they were only mad at the KKK because it was anti-Catholic. They didn’t even let Black students enroll until the 1940s.

    They weren’t started by Irish immigrants either. They were started by Holy Cross fathers from France.

    Nobody really knows how they got the nickname. Most likely Irish was just synonymous with Catholic. They certainly were not named after the 69th regiment with the same nickname because those fellows came from New York City. That’s a long way from South Bend Indiana.

  16. If you ever watch an American Football game with Notre Dame, you may ask yourself – why are the helmets so lovely and shiny?

    They have actual gold in the paint on the helmets, from when the college was regilded- they are painted with 23.9 Karat Gold.

    I’ve heard its a good college that has a larger number of athletes that get degrees compared to other big schools. I wouldn’t know first hand, my family was poor and I went to the local community college. We didn’t have athletes per se although there was a “fencing club” where a bunch of students would fight with nerf weapons every Tuesday afternoon. Not gonna lie, that was awesome.

    Our local big-time college’s mascot was the Banana Slug, so I’m envious of the Fighting Irish.

  17. You can call yourself the united states stapler company here. It means nothing.

  18. Big Irish history and I think it was the first Catholic college when being Irish/Catholic wasn’t really welcomed in the US. I don’t know about you but I like it.

  20. Fordham is the real deal, well respected for the Law campus

  21. Any Irishman who must say “I am Irish” is no true Irishman.

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