Legal Opinion
University of Pittsburgh v. Champion Products, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 23, 1983No. Civ. A. 81-2167PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
COHILL, District Judge.
Introduction
This is the second set of findings of fact and conclusions of law we have issued in this case.
We have considerable sympathy for the plaintiff, University of Pittsburgh (“Pitt”). The notion that a university’s name and insignia are its own property, to do with as it chooses, has a certain common-sense appeal. An examination of the law and the facts in this case has convinced us, however, that neither Congress, nor the Pennsylvania Legislature, nor the common law has created the property right that Pitt asserts here. We…
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