Word: lampoon
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...more than a century and a half, the Harvard Lampoon, a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine, has held meetings, entertained members and carried on its daily business - all under the name "The Harvard Lampoon...
...with what it felt was a legitimate claim, the organization recently moved to register its name officially as a trademark under both "The Lampoon" and "The Harvard Lampoon." But when they applied for trademark rights, Harvard University said...
...problem lay with the use of the word "Harvard"--the University essentially said it had such a strong claim to the Harvard name that even the Lampoon could not register it without permission...
According to Tyler E. Chapman '90, a Boston attorney and trustee of the Lampoon, Harvard offered "a very reasonable" counter-proposal: the Lampoon would forever cede its rights to both "The Harvard Lampoon" and "The Lampoon" to the University, in exchange for a pledge from the school never to charge the organization for the use of the name...
Some organizations like The Harvard Lampoon, The Harvard Crimson and final clubs are especially proficient at building close relationships between members that stand the test of time...