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In 1981 The Board of Regents of the UT System established a licensing program to protect its name and identifying marks. The University of Texas at Austin is a trademark of The Board of Regents and can only be used by organizations that are officially sponsored by a university department. Protecting the name of the university and the graphic elements that are used to represent our community benefits everyone affiliated with UT Austin.
Registered student organizations are not considered "officially sponsored" by the university. Therefore, registered student organizations may not use the name of The University of Texas at Austin, an abbreviation of the name, or any of its trademarks or logos in its name. However, a registered student organization may use words such as "campus", "university", "Texas chapter", or "Austin" as part of its name.
Registered student organizations are not allowed to use trademarks or logos owned by commercial entities in conjunction with any activity promoted or conducted on campus. This includes, but is not limited to using the logos on: flyers, posters, T-shirts or banners.
Groups without prior written approval shall not use trademarks of The University of Texas at Austin. Additionally, all products must be produced by licensed vendors that are authorized, pursuant to license agreement, to use UT Austin trademarks.
Trademarks include but are not limited to the following: The University of Texas at Austin™, The University of Texas®, University of Texas®, Texas®, Longhorns®, UT™, seal design, tower design, Hook em Horns®, Bevo®, Lady Longhorns®, interlocking UT, block T, Longhorn Silhouette, running mascot caricature, longhorn caricature, Helmet logo, Texas w/ longhorn design, Hook 'em hand sign, Hook 'em™, Get Hook™, Horns™. Further information on trademarked graphics can be found at UT's Visual Guidelines site, which has several pages devoted to Graphic Elements.
Officially Sponsored organizations who wish to use the university's trademark or service mark must gain permission from the Office of Trademark and Licensing. Officially Sponsored organizations can apply for permission to use university trademarked images/logos by completing the Student and Internal Request Form. Please complete this form and return it to the Office of Trademark Licensing, 2100 Speedway, Mail Code: B6900, phone: 475-7923, fax: 232-7080. They can be contacted at 475-7923 for any additional questions, or you can visit their Web site.
