TradeMarks and Patents

[davidfv]

I think FIRST encourages teams to be entrepreneurial in what they do as a team. I was wondering if teams have Trademarked Logos, words, sayings as part of their team and if teams have any patents.

We are looking to Trademark some things this year, but a lot of pushback from the school who are basically saying it would not be GP to hold on to something.

I know that FIRST trademarked Gracious Professionalism and Coopertition. http://www.usfirst.org/aboutus/gracious-professionalism

What is the opinion here on CD?

If a team has a unique brand or term such as GP or Coopertition, should they actually Trademark it?

I fully support that if they invent something they should seek a patent.

Thanks in advance.