TUSCALOOSA, Alabama - The University of Alabama will now own the trademark for "Houndstooth Mafia" under the settlement of a legal fight with a company that had manufactured merchandise with that logo ...

Under orders from a federal judge in Birmingham, the national board that hears trademark appeals last week tossed out its precedent-setting opinion that the University of Alabama doesn't hold special ...

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by the University of Alabama System board of trustees and its president pro tem against a Georgia-based company over use of the houndstooth pattern after the ...

IT DOESN’T show the company’s name. It doesn’t even have a logo. But the David Jones shopping bag does have something remarkable. The houndstooth design, seen on many a carrier bag, is known ...

Houndstooth is the latest “wow” in decorating, as well as in fashion. The distinctive houndstooth pattern originated in Scotland in the 1800s as a woven-wool fabric traditionally worn by shepherds as ...

The houndstooth design, seen on many a carrier bag, is known throughout Australia as belonging to David Jones. But it’s almost unique. That’s because it’s one of a small number of marks, colours and ...