When they encountered resistance from Harvard's trademarks office, they agreed to register under the president and fellows.
"There's nothing too exciting about it," says Michael E. Leiter, the president of the Law Review. "We were concerned about protecting the name."
Leiter says they were prompted by nothing more than "our acute legal awareness" and advice from their board of trustees.
The Law Review paid the registration fees, and Harvard put a trademark on their name. They now have the exclusive rights to their name.
"There is a simple contract that says that we can't print anything that shames the Harvard name," Leiter says. "The trademark office is basically concerned with helping us protect the Harvard name. They have no review."
Calixto says over the next year the University will approach Harvard alumni clubs around the world to register them through the trademarks office. Then, it will move on to organizations located in Cambridge.