NFL tells Buddy Caldwell they aren't interested in Who Dat, Black and Gold and Fleur De Lis
 

Today, less than a week until Super Bowl XLIV, Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell got involved with the recent controversy where the NFL sent several local New Orleans business owners cease and desist orders to stop selling "Who Dat!" tee-shirts. Today the AG heard back from the NFL which now says it has no trademark interest in the fleur-di-lis, black and gold or the phrase "who dat".

"According to Caldwell, the NFL says it was misunderstood and that the real issue for the league was that it did not want consumers to be confused or misled into thinking that merchandise they were buying was officially licensed with the NFL." - From Fox8Live.com

The issue struck at the heart of this web site, BlackandGold.com, which uses the colors "Black and Gold" in its name and its own fleur-di-lis as web site logo. BlackandGold.com was founded in 1998 as BlackandGold.net. BlackandGold.com is one in the same as BlackandGold.net.

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And we (S)ain't interested in the NFL either! Love how they are backing off now. Just hand over that shiny trophy before we take it the ugly way. WHO-DAT!

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I love how they claimed it was a "misunderstanding." Lawyer speak for "Oh, well we were just trying to bully you and it ended up blowing up in our faces! Durrrh!" :dunce:

Sounds to me like the outrage from fans got to them.

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Intimidation tactic? Probably. What's next, Al Davis claiming the Saints took the color Black, too?
http://www.mixunit.com/ProductImages...dat_bottom.jpg

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I LOVE IT!..
Saints Fans Win.. It's your turn Saints this sunday!

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outstanding. See what happens when we all get involved?

Hopefully GEAUX is safe also.

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cuz i had a real fun protest planned involving thousands of white t-shirts, magic markers, and glitter.

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This is great news. We were about to Launch a majior Boycott of the NFL if they did not get some sence in there heads.

WHO DAT

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DO U WANNA BORROW MY ARUGING WITH IDIOTS BOOK?

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aha! tactic #9. confuse the idiots with hizzle shizzle talk!

brilliant!

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Once again, MONEY rules the day. They saw money and jumped at the chance to get some. Then the possibility of MO MONEY being lost through negative publicity as this thing would spin out of control this week during the media frenzy, caused them to pause and reconsider this stupidity. Please tell me how sending cease and desist orders to local merchants protects the consumer? Everybody knows that WHO DAT is not an official NFL anything! I still hope they take a hit for even trying this crap.

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THIS IS FAR FROM OVER BLESS YUUR BOI, WHAT ABOUT STOPAGE OF SLAVERY? TAXSATION WITHOUT REPRESENTTAION. WE CAN TAX THE NFL AND ALL COMSUMORS INVOLIVED GETS A WHEALTHY PAYOUT CHECK

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easy easy... lets stay apolitical. or at least lets discuss it in special code language.

exactly. see, capitalism is like a self-cleaning oven.

whoops, sorry! "hizzle shizzle. shamalamadingdong!"

all better now.

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Great to see LA politicians getting on board for the fight, as well. Although, I would like to buy an NFL quality Who Dat shirt. Every Who Dat shirt I've ever bought from a random vendor ends up chipping and shrinking after the first wash.

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I personally want to thank David Vitter for his immediate response to this with his letter to Roger Goddell and bringing it to the national attention.

Thanks David!

WHO-DAT!!!!!!!

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they wanted to take the credit & the saying IF there would not have ben any fuss. When the whole WHo Dat noatiuon got uop in arms they backed down (pick your fights kinda thing)

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I was going to say "who owns the rights to Who Dat?"
I don't see how Goddell could legally stop anybody from making those shirts and long as there's no NFL trade mark on them.

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The issue is that the NFL claimed that they owned the trademark phrase "whodat," the colors "Black and Gold" and the "Fleur-de-Lis" symbol and any combination of those three on any salable item.

Yeah. douche-bag maneuver to issue cease and desists. And now one can see that without obvious checks, unlimited corporate participation in the election process can bully us average citizens into having no voice. Just think about not having our policians "unbiased" when faced with a similar issue? Maybe this is the last time you see a victory for the small guy.

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That's right, we bad. Uh Huh. Who Dat!

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Maybe not. The difference with us is that we are often united about things. We raised hell when the rumbled about moving... we even raised hell over the nacho cheese. We're a tight bunch, and there's a bunch of us, and thats why sometimes our voice gets heard.

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Geez, the whole idea of the name was that it was just two colors. "Saints" is no where in there so the NFL couldn't *****.

When they start owning the rights to colors of the spectrum, let me know...

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It's all about the "money" that's their business. They could care less about anything else just plain greed. What stopped them was the bad publicity that was starting to swirl around the media. Think about it the mighty NFL picking on poor little Who Dats down in New Orleans.

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Yep...