CUNY v. CUNY Law Blog [1]

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The removal of the school's logo and the addition of the disclaimer was not enough for CUNY's general counsel. In the letter they sent on 04/08/08, they said CUNY Law Blog has 10 days to change the name of the blog to something that "does not create the misimpression that it is an official communication of CUNY or the law school. Just as in the last letter, this one suggests "CUNY Law Student's Blog." If we do not change the name, the letter says they will take action to protect their trademark and report us to google.

To quote from the last post on this issue: "[I]n the spirit of community and transparency, we leave it up to the CUNY Law community at-large to decide the issue of any name change. To weigh in on the subject, please either (1) post a comment to this blog, (2) email cunylawblog@gmail.com, (3) stop in the hallway or email or leave a note in the mailboxes of student group leaders, student government members or CUNY Law Blog contributors, or (4) chime in on the new poll located at the bottom of the right column on this blog." In deciding to keep the name the same, we took into account both the poll results, which were quite close, and the 25 comments left on the Jane Davis post. Given the different results of the comments and poll, there seemed to be no clear right choice.

The poll and the comments seemed to be a wash, one in favor of changing the name and the other of keeping it. What ultimately tipped the balance was the input of those who took the time to comment. Half of the comments explicitly wanted to keep the name, and more than a quarter others seemed to be in favor of keeping the name.