August 3, 2021 03:40 pm GMT
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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:
— Read the restU.S. trademark law generally awards trademarks based on "first-to-use," rather than "first-to-file."
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