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Setting up an apparel order (or multiple) for your club can be a large task. We are here to help, but we request that you review this page that we've created to answer FAQ's. First, the trademark request process is outlined. Second, a crash course in ordering apparel is outlined.
Trademark Request: Step-by-step guide
Go to https://trademarks.utexas.edu/permission-use.
- Please use the Internal Request form found on the page: https://portal.trademarks.utexas.edu/
- Once you are on the page, please review all the steps under "Before submitting a new request"
- If you have not submitted a request before, you will need to create a profile.
- Under the profile, be sure to select RecSports as your department.
- Once you are logged in, you will go to the home page:
- Click Submit a New Request found near the top of the page, or on the right side bar.
- Be sure to select "RecSports" for Campus/Department/College/School/Division.
- Upload the Artwork you are requesting to be reviewed.
- Requesting Organization/Club/Program: Put your Sport Club Name (i.e. "Longhorn Baseball").
- Under "About the Product", fill out all the information you have.
- Fill in who the product will be distributed to.
- For distribution means, select to give or to sell. "Sell" typically means gaining profit from the product.
- Under About the Vendor, if selecting from the list, the vendor should already be approved to print the licensed trademarks.
- If selecting "Custom Vendor" - you will need to enter more information
- General Comments - Put your Sport Club name and purpose
- For example, "shirts will be used as Texas Lacrosse club warm-up shirts."
- Click Submit a New Request found near the top of the page, or on the right side bar.
How to Order Apparel
1.Determine what it is that your club wants to order.
- Soft goods
- Competitive uniforms/jerseys
- Practice apparel (shirts, shorts, pinnies)
- Shoes/cleats/turfs
- Hard goods
- Sports equipment (balls, cones, bags/storage, etc.)
- Fundraising
- Team shop
- Standard apparel
2.Determine overall aesthetics to get started on pricing
- Colors
- Sizes
- Style #s (or specific items like a 50/50 blended shirt)
- Decoration (front/back/sleeves, screenprint/embroidery/sublimated, single/multi color)
3.Design the apparel following UT trademark policies.
- Do not alter Longhorn silhouette.
- Any use of burnt orange, “UT”, “Longhorn”, etc., even your sport club organization name, must be approved by UT Trademarks.
4.Find a licensed vendor that can screenprint/embroidery UT trademarks (see above).
- Contact sales rep for a licensed vendor to request a price quote. We most often work with BSN Sports and Austin Screen Printing, but any of the licensed vendors may assist.
- BSN Sports
Nathan Hille
512-695-3295
nhille@bsnsports.com - Austin Screen Printing
George Ellis
512-454-6249
george@asp-aei.com
- BSN Sports
5.Submit the UT trademark request (link) and submit the RecSports purchase request (link).
- Must receive approval from both Trademarks and RecSports before confirming your order with your sales rep.
- Once trademarks are approved, the licensed vendor will automatically receive an email of your submission.
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