Student Government could be forced to tweak its Web site because of a University-owned font infraction.SG members were recently informed they did not have permission to use the Geaux font that spells “STUDENT GOVERNMENT” on the SG Web site banner. SG Press Secretary Anna Broussard said SG approached the Office of Trademark Licensing to receive updated graphics for its Web site and was  informed that SG never had permission to use the Geaux font. “I can’t put the blame on anyone,” Broussard said. “Somehow it fell into our hands along the way, and we have been using the same Web site banner for years now.”Broussard said the font has been on the site for so long that she isn’t aware of who is responsible for the violation. Director of Trademark Licensing Brian Hommel said the Geaux font is typically only used by the athletics department, not by student organizations.”It’s a very highly guarded font,” Hommel said.  “We haven’t approved it, we didn’t give it to them and I don’t know where they got it.”Hommel said the font is highly guarded because his office wants to keep the font exclusive to the University.Broussard said SG is appealing to Campus Life to begin resolving the issue.”I recommended they talk to Campus Life and make a case as to why we should view SG differently than other student organizations that want to use the marks that we typically don’t allow,” Hommel said. “Nobody ever asked this office for approval, and if they did, we would have told them we don’t give the Geaux font to anybody, so you can’t type out ‘Student Government.'”Hommel said his office will further discuss the possibility of making SG remove the font from its site.”From a protection standpoint most of my day has been related to the enforcement of LSU marks [logos],” Hommel said.  “This is use of an LSU font used by a student organization, so I think the focus right now is outside entities that are infringing with no relationship to the University, then once we have a chance to talk about this, we will go from there.”Hommel said the one of the main problems with SG’s use of the font is keeping its policy consistent.”If XYZ club came here and said, ‘this club is using [the Geaux font] why cant we?’ Then we need to have justification as to why, and that hasn’t been discussed yet,” Hommel said.————Contact Xerxes A. Wilson at [email protected]