Tuesday, 3 August 2021

The Cleveland Indians new name, the Cleveland Guardians, already belongs to a roller derby team. So does the .com

Last week, the Cleveland Indians baseball team finally changed their name. Problem is, that name has been used for almost a decade by a roller derby team and they even own the domain clevelandguardians.com. Oops. From Yahoo! Sports:

U.S. trademark law generally awards trademarks based on "first-to-use," rather than "first-to-file."

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