Ohio State isn’t pleased with a local printing company’s depiction of the phrase “Michigan sucks.”The image of a University of Michigan cheerleader performing oral sex on Brutus Buckeye wasn’t the reason, however, that Ohio State officials filed charges against a local T-shirt designer. It was the production and sale of non-licensed depictions of OSU trademarks.Franklin County Sheriff deputies arrested Anthony Lukacs of Graphic Design Unlimited, 1986 Britains Lane, Tuesday on charges of trademark counterfeiting, a fourth degree felony under state law. About 600 T-shirts were seized, along with the tools used to print them.According to OSU officials, the shirts, which read “Michigan sucks,” include several trademark violations. OSU and Michigan football helmets, registered trademarks of each university, are depicted on the shirts’ fronts, while the depiction of Brutus Buckeye, OSU’s registered mascot, in a sexually explicit pose is on the shirt’s backs. Calls to Graphic Design Unlimited were not returned.”The importance of this is to protect the university’s trademark, which are some of our most valuable possessions,” said Anne H. Chasser, director of trademarks and licensing. “Our trademarks are the icons that represent the university. We wouldn’t use our marks in a way that would be demeaning to the university.”Chasser said the use of the university’s trademarks without OSU’s permission is stealing. Attorney Joe Dreitler, from Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease and OSU’s outside counsel, agrees.”This is truly about theft. It’s about someone stealing Ohio State’s intellectual property,” Dreitler said.Through a private investigator, OSU officials were able to gather enough evidence to take the case to the Franklin County Sheriff. They obtained a search warrant Monday.OSU granted Lukacs a license to use OSU trademarks, but the shirts seized Tuesday used the images in unauthorized ways, according to a press release. Since it is a criminal case, the state will be prosecuting.According to a news release from the sheriff’s office, the sheriff will seek additional indictments on Lukacs and on two of his associates. Lukacs hadn’t posted bond and was still in jail Tuesday afternoon.The maximum penalty for a fourth degree felony is six to 18 months in jail and a $5,000 fine for individuals, or a $10,000 fine for organizations. Dreitler said that OSU has the right to take the case to civil court as well.”We aggressively enforce our trademark rights,” she said. “The company didn’t have the right to use the trademarks as they did.”