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'There cannot be two Cleveland Guardians teams in Cleveland': Roller derby team sues baseball franchise
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Leroy N. Soetoro
Dec 1, 2021, 2:36:16 PM12/1/21
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cleveland-roller-derby-team-sues-baseball-franchise/
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WJW) – “Two sports teams in the same city cannot have
identical names.” That line is in the first few sentences of a lawsuit
surrounding the name Cleveland Guardians.
It is the crux of a complaint filed by the Cleveland Guardians Roller
Derby against the Cleveland Guardians Baseball Company, LLC.
The Cleveland baseball team formally announced it would change its name to
the Cleveland Guardians on July 23.
Since December 2020, when the team announced it would be changing the
name, team owners met with tribal leaders and others to move on from the
Cleveland Indians, a name that had been the focus of protests from Native
American groups for years.
While those conversations were ongoing, the Cleveland Guardians Roller
Derby had already been using the name for 7 years, according to the suit.
“Imagine seeing a ‘New York Yankees’ shirt for sale and buying it. Which
team did you just support?” the lawsuit states.
“The same laws that protect baseball team owners’ trademark rights,
though, also work in reverse. A Major League club cannot simply take a
smaller team’s name and use it for itself,” the suit claims.
According to Sportico, Cleveland baseball filed a trademark for the name
Cleveland Guardians on July 23, the same day of the formal announcement.
Sportico said U.S. trademark law typically awards trademarks based on
“first-to-use,” not “first-to-file.”
“Economic might, however, does not make legal right. There cannot be two
‘Cleveland Guardians’ teams in Cleveland, and, to be blunt, Plaintiff was
here first,” the lawsuit states.
The Guardians Roller Derby said it registered the name with the state of
Ohio in 2017.
“It is inconceivable that an organization worth more than $1B and
estimated to have annual revenues of $290M+ would not at least have
performed a Google search for “Cleveland Guardians” before settling on the
name, and even a cursory search would have returned Plaintiff’s website
(www.clevelandguardians.com) as the first ‘hit,’” the lawsuit states.
The lawsuit makes another claim they say was the Cleveland baseball team’s
attempt to keep people from finding their trademark filing.
“On April 8, 2021, the team surreptitiously filed a trademark application
for the CLEVELAND GUARDIANS name in the small, East African island nation
of Mauritius, effectively hiding the application unless one knew where to
look.”
According to the lawsuit, the baseball team contacted the roller derby
team in June to let them know that they were considering the Guardians
name, and requested logos and images to inquire about the derby’s
intellectual property. The lawsuit claims that is more evidence that the
baseball team knew that the Cleveland Guardians name was already being
used and how it was being used.
The roller derby team told the baseball team they would be willing to sell
the rights, the suit stated, but did not feel they were offered a fair
amount for them.
After the derby team sent back a counteroffer, the suit claims the
baseball team used a very similar “Winged G” logo that the Cleveland
Guardians Roller Derby team had sent them when responding to the request
about intellectual property.
The Cleveland Guardians Roller Derby team is asking for a jury to make a
decision about the name.
The Cleveland baseball team released a statement Wednesday afternoon,
saying, “We have been and continue to be confident in our position to
become the Guardians. We believe there is no conflict between the parties
and their ability to operate in their respective business areas.”
Read the entirety of the lawsuit below.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jT6ZzkNA4ll1iV5RNKc4b-51kGBqfjaU/view
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CLEVELAND, Ohio (WJW) – “Two sports teams in the same city cannot have
identical names.” That line is in the first few sentences of a lawsuit
surrounding the name Cleveland Guardians.
It is the crux of a complaint filed by the Cleveland Guardians Roller
Derby against the Cleveland Guardians Baseball Company, LLC.
The Cleveland baseball team formally announced it would change its name to
the Cleveland Guardians on July 23.
Since December 2020, when the team announced it would be changing the
name, team owners met with tribal leaders and others to move on from the
Cleveland Indians, a name that had been the focus of protests from Native
American groups for years.
While those conversations were ongoing, the Cleveland Guardians Roller
Derby had already been using the name for 7 years, according to the suit.
“Imagine seeing a ‘New York Yankees’ shirt for sale and buying it. Which
team did you just support?” the lawsuit states.
“The same laws that protect baseball team owners’ trademark rights,
though, also work in reverse. A Major League club cannot simply take a
smaller team’s name and use it for itself,” the suit claims.
According to Sportico, Cleveland baseball filed a trademark for the name
Cleveland Guardians on July 23, the same day of the formal announcement.
Sportico said U.S. trademark law typically awards trademarks based on
“first-to-use,” not “first-to-file.”
“Economic might, however, does not make legal right. There cannot be two
‘Cleveland Guardians’ teams in Cleveland, and, to be blunt, Plaintiff was
here first,” the lawsuit states.
The Guardians Roller Derby said it registered the name with the state of
Ohio in 2017.
“It is inconceivable that an organization worth more than $1B and
estimated to have annual revenues of $290M+ would not at least have
performed a Google search for “Cleveland Guardians” before settling on the
name, and even a cursory search would have returned Plaintiff’s website
(www.clevelandguardians.com) as the first ‘hit,’” the lawsuit states.
The lawsuit makes another claim they say was the Cleveland baseball team’s
attempt to keep people from finding their trademark filing.
“On April 8, 2021, the team surreptitiously filed a trademark application
for the CLEVELAND GUARDIANS name in the small, East African island nation
of Mauritius, effectively hiding the application unless one knew where to
look.”
According to the lawsuit, the baseball team contacted the roller derby
team in June to let them know that they were considering the Guardians
name, and requested logos and images to inquire about the derby’s
intellectual property. The lawsuit claims that is more evidence that the
baseball team knew that the Cleveland Guardians name was already being
used and how it was being used.
The roller derby team told the baseball team they would be willing to sell
the rights, the suit stated, but did not feel they were offered a fair
amount for them.
After the derby team sent back a counteroffer, the suit claims the
baseball team used a very similar “Winged G” logo that the Cleveland
Guardians Roller Derby team had sent them when responding to the request
about intellectual property.
The Cleveland Guardians Roller Derby team is asking for a jury to make a
decision about the name.
The Cleveland baseball team released a statement Wednesday afternoon,
saying, “We have been and continue to be confident in our position to
become the Guardians. We believe there is no conflict between the parties
and their ability to operate in their respective business areas.”
Read the entirety of the lawsuit below.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jT6ZzkNA4ll1iV5RNKc4b-51kGBqfjaU/view
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"LOCKDOWN", left-wing COVID fearmongering. 95% of COVID infections
recover with no after effects.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Donald J. Trump, cheated out of a second term by fraudulent "mail-in"
ballots. Report voter fraud: sf.n...@mail.house.gov
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
BeamMeUpScotty
Dec 1, 2021, 4:05:32 PM12/1/21
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fun with mixing the two like a risky cocktail on a Friday night.
I'm guessing the Pitcher of the Baseball team makes enough money to buy
the entire Roller Derby franchise.
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