From a distance, houndstooth looks very much like its woolen cousin tweed, but a closer inspection reveals a significantly different pattern and fabric with its own unique history. Unlike tweed, which ...

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama - The University of Alabama will now own the trademark for "Houndstooth Mafia" under the settlement of a legal fight with a company that had manufactured merchandise with that logo ...

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by the University of Alabama System board of trustees and its president pro tem against a Georgia-based company over use of the houndstooth pattern after the ...

Houndstooth is the latest “wow” in decorating, as well as in fashion. The distinctive houndstooth pattern originated in Scotland in the 1800s as a woven-wool fabric traditionally worn by shepherds as ...

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - The University of Alabama and Paul W. Bryant Jr. are in a legal fight to keep Houndstooth Mafia merchandise off store shelves. The University of Alabama Board of Trustees and ...