Nemeski@lemm.ee to Hockey · 3 days ago'Utah Yetis' refused by trademark office as NHL team namewww.espn.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareBlameThePeacocklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoFucking stupid. Nobody gonna confuse the Utah Yetis hockey team with a fucking beer cooler.
minus-squareChe Banana@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·3 days agoRegardless, you have to file an infringement on your trademark or else you loose the rights to it
minus-squareBlameThePeacocklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·3 days agoWhat… that’s not how trademarks work in North America Just look up the trademark list for the word “Apple” and you can see there are many trademarks for the same word. https://trademarks.justia.com/search?q=apple The test is if they can be confused with each other.
Fucking stupid. Nobody gonna confuse the Utah Yetis hockey team with a fucking beer cooler.
Regardless, you have to file an infringement on your trademark or else you loose the rights to it
What… that’s not how trademarks work in North America
Just look up the trademark list for the word “Apple” and you can see there are many trademarks for the same word.
https://trademarks.justia.com/search?q=apple
The test is if they can be confused with each other.