NFL issues cease and desist order

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I posted a pic of the Yes We Can shirts coming out of Pittsburgh a month or so ago. Since the big win by the Steelers this past weekend two new shirts have been produced - "Yes We Did" and "Sixburgh". Well it seems the NFL didn't like this to much and has issued a cease and desist order against this small screen printing and design company.

The NFL sent Dan Rugh, owner of CommonWealth Press on the South Side and the Web site where the shirts were sold, a cease-and-desist order Wednesday stating use of the Lombardi Trophy design violates an NFL registered trademark and copyrighted design.

"We have also learned that your company is producing and offering for sale SIX BURGH shirts using the colors of the Pittsburgh Steelers Club," the NFL's letter stated. "These elements, particularly in combination, clearly misappropriate the goodwill enjoyed by the Pittsburgh Steelers Club, which now has won six NFL Championships."

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09037/947276-85.stm