Don't Mess With Texas: U. of Texas Wages Trademark Battle Against 'iTexas' Mobile App

By Marc Parry

Careful how you use the word "Texas."

The University of Texas is objecting to a new iPhone application called iTexas, developed for the university's undergrads by an Austin start-up called Mutual Mobile. Its beef: the name.

The university has filed a complaint asking Apple to require the developer to rename the free program, saying the title is "confusingly similar" to its own, according to The Austin Chronicle. The program could get booted... more