Anyone done this? If you wanted to make some clothing with the block S or some other NCSU insignia, any ideas on how much that license would be?

8/16/2011 11:00:23 PM

super difficult to get, evan attempted this

8/16/2011 11:05:01 PM

this a personal customization thing, or a business venture

8/16/2011 11:26:35 PM

if business, only Hodge can accomplish this

8/16/2011 11:28:02 PM

I once tried to make a custom tshirt on zazzle.com with one of the main Goodfellas movie poster pictures on it and they emailed me back and said there would be some $600 or so licensing fee, although I don't know if that would've entitled me to buy as many of the shirts as I wanted for that flat fee

Also he might've just been BSing me since he figured nobody would pay that much for a tshirt

8/16/2011 11:31:37 PM

http://web.ncsu.edu/trademarks/

8/17/2011 7:49:24 AM

These people are vulchers. If they see a way to make a penny, they'll hammer your ass. Or, even if they can't make money, but you can, and they can fuck things up for you, they will.

8/17/2011 8:33:49 AM

wow, vultures


NCSU education FTL

[Edited on August 17, 2011 at 8:55 AM. Reason : .]

8/17/2011 8:55:00 AM

I've explored this in the past (when I looked into making this is not RED t-shirts/banners).

If you want to sell your own line of collegiate licensed clothing, it requires $1,000,000 in PLI.

Alternatively, you can go through a t-shirt company that already has the requisite PLI, but this increases your costs significantly enough that you need really significant volume to make any scratch.

Ultimately, it wasn't worth the hassle to go through with it.

8/17/2011 9:01:49 AM

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"These people are vulchers."

Vouchers??

8/17/2011 9:49:57 AM

Honestly your best bet would probably be to just print it from a computer onto some of that iron on paper and make the stuff yourself.

8/17/2011 9:55:34 AM

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"If you want to sell your own line of collegiate licensed clothing, it requires $1,000,000 in PLI."

For fucks sake.

So, a small time person interested in making small batches of clothing with NCSU trademarks on them simply has no option at all? I realize it probably isn't worth their time to set this up and then attempt to police it, just disheartening that an alum can't make stuff that other alums and fans will buy and be seen wearing/using in places away from the stadium and campus.

8/17/2011 6:25:06 PM

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"These people are vulchers. If they see a way to make a penny, they'll hammer your ass. Or, even if they can't make money, but you can, and they can fuck things up for you, they will."

lol @ vulchers

Nothing wrong with protecting your brand

Perhaps you are a leeach

8/17/2011 6:48:39 PM

mike?

8/17/2011 10:16:56 PM

Did you find my link useful?

8/18/2011 12:43:22 AM

Chance: its not that you can't make a little scratch on small volume shirts or designs. Like bobbydogital said, just find a licensed screenprinter and go through them. You'll pay 12-15 per shirt in volume and be able to sell them for 20, which ain't a bad deal.

Small run orders will probably cost you ~20 a shirt, you can sell for 22-25. Its possible to make money but you aren't gonna be selling 2.95 bulk shirts from India, at least not legally.

8/18/2011 6:38:41 AM