TRADEMARKS - University phrase ownership

From Language Log:

The details:

• first-year experience has been trademarked by the University of South Carolina

• fast-track MBA has been trademarked by Eastern University

• be the difference has been trademarked by Marquette University

• cure violence has been trademarked by the University of Illinois

• student life has been trademarked by Washington University in St. Louis

• students with diabetes has been trademarked by the University of South Florida

• one course at a time has been trademarked by Cornell College

• touched by a nurse has been trademarked by the University of Colorado

• we're conquering cancer has been trademarked by the University of Texas

• working toward a world without cancer has been trademarked by the University of Kansas Hospital

• imagination beyond measure has been trademarked by the University of Virginia

• tomorrow starts here has been trademarked by East Carolina University