North Carolina State University has notified Loyola University (New Orleans) that its use of the Wolfpack nickname is out of bounds.

N.C. State claims that Loyola's use of the moniker is trademark infringement, according to the Charlotte Observer.

But, according to the story, N.C. State isn't immediately asking Loyola to stop using the Wolfpack name altogether.

From the Observer:

"People could think something is being sponsored by N.C. State," Troxler said Sunday. "We're in the beginning stages of discussion of how they could use the term 'Wolfpack.' " N.C. State is proposing options that would let Loyola license the nickname for a fee, or require the school to use "Wolfpack" in combination with Loyola but not as a stand-alone moniker, he said.

The schools have yet to come to an agreement.

As for the N.C. State, this is not its first rodeo when it comes to nicknames. The school reached a deal in 2008 with Nevada, which is known as the Wolf Pack, over its use of the nickname.

The agreement prohibits Nevada from using red and white with its mascot and logo and its wolf cannot wear a top hat, which might be mistaken for the sailor's cap that N.C. State's mascot wears.

In the time since the agreement was reached, Nevada has changed its logo to get away from the N.C. State look.