Columbia Sports Calls receives the University of Colombia, claiming the goods very similar and causing confusion

For decades, shirts, blouses and other clothes below Columbia SportsWear The brand and clothing coexisted with the name of Columbia University more or less in peace without jamming.

But now, the external retail company, which is based in Portland, has filed a lawsuit against the New York -based university for violating alleged brands and violating the contract, among other charges.

It claims that goods at the university seem very similar to what is sold in more than 800 retail sites, including more than 150 brand stores, as well as their website and third -party cordes.

In a lawsuit was filed on July 23 in the US District Court of Oregon, Colombia Sports, whose roots date back to 1938, claim that the university has deliberately violated an agreement signed on June 13, 2023.

This agreement dictates how the university can use the word “Colombia” on its own clothes.

As part of the agreement, the university can display “Colombia” on its goods, provided that the name includes a well -known school badge, or the word “university”, or the name of the academic department or the university’s institution – 1754 – or a mix.

But Columbia SPORTSWEAR claims that the university violated the agreement shortly after a year, as the company noticed many clothes without any of the school slogans that are sold at the University of Colombia Store on the Internet.

Several clothes have a bright blue color “similar to” in blue, which has long been associated with sportswear in Colombia, as the case claimed.

The lawsuit submitted pictures of some of Columbia University The elements that only Colombia say.

“The possibility of deception, confusion, and error caused by the embezzlement of the university and the misuse of the name Colombia causes irreparable damage to the brand, and the intention that Mark Colombia registered in Colombia is the intention of Colombia.

The lawsuit comes at a time when the University of Colombia was threatened with a possible loss of billions of dollars in government support.

Last week, Colombia University I reached a deal With the Trump administration to pay more than $ 220 million to the federal government to restore federal research funds that were canceled in the name of anti -Semitism against the campus.

The university said that, according to the agreement, Ivy League will pay a settlement of $ 200 million over a period of three years.

Columbia SportsWear aims to stop all the sales of clothes that violate the agreement, remember any products that have already been sold and donate any of the remaining goods to charity.

Columbia SPORTSWEAR also seeks to get three times the amount of actual damage determined by the jury.

Columbia mathematical or Colombia University cannot be reached immediately for comment.