When they're at home, the
Boise State University Broncos play football on their famously blue turf. Whether you think it's quirky or cool, it's trademarked:
U.S. Registration No. 3,707,623, approved five years ago (Nov. 9, 2009).
![drawing of football stadium with blue rectangle for field](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBo5MABCe6NOZZIsxzqBgV4xN0MrbhYiJJvJT53YPKMPDBcyOGjRzQFbY7QNzbBMdRP8AEFrok2dOjEqBm8DwBAtgKVH5NZjgaYFzbLaTdrok7vp4DLDU5XeQVso_1vlL3D4JtIZDp3TdW/s280/Boise+State+turf.jpg) |
Diagram from Boise State's trademark registration for blue turf |
To learn more,
see Michelle Gallagher,
Who Owns Blue? An Examination of the Functionality Doctrine in University Sports Color, 104 Trademark Rep. 765 (2014)
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