Legal Question in Intellectual Property in Illinois

If you want to get sued for willful trademark infringement and pay treble damages and get an injunction making you stop and pay the colleges your entire profits. Otherwise, NO, not unless you obtain a license from each one and that probably won't come cheap. The Eyes of Texas are Upon You, All The Live Long Day. Do not think you can escape them. From night til early in the morn'. The Eyes of Texas are Upon You 'til Gabriel blows his horn!! Get the picture?

College logos are generally the trademark properties of the colleges that they represent for which the colleges own exclusive rights and may not be used for commercial purposes by third parties, such as yourself, such as for beer pong tables, without the authorization of the colleges whose logos you intend to use. Cartoon characters may also be the subject of trademarks if used to identify the source of particular goods or services and are the copyrighted property of their creators or assignees and may not be used by third-parties such as yourself, without their consent. You may be able to create original logo designs and characters and obtain trademark and/or copyright protection for them for your beer pong tables. Before you adopt and use these designs and/or characters on your beer pong tables I would recommend that you have an attorney conduct a search to determine if those designs and characters are available for use.

THE ABOVE ADVICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT INTENDED TO CREATE AN ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING ANY MATERIAL PRESENTED HEREIN, I RECOMMEND THAT YOU CONSULT AN ATTORNEY. THIS INFORMATION IS BEING PROVIDED BY AN ATTORNEY IN ACTIVE PRACTICE IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS AND CURRENTLY HOLDS AN ACTIVE LAW LICENSE IN THAT STATE ONLY.