Will the Athletics change their team name?

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[BobbyFK]

the names were deemed too geographically descriptive and generic, lacking distinctiveness for a team not yet operating in Las Vegas.

But the Oakland athletics are OK? This doesn’t make any sense.

 

[jamesy2422]

weird that it is a problem now. i love how they say you can't look back at previous rulings of "athletics" and use it to explain why they are wrong in their current decision.

 

[Tanko]

weird that it is a problem now. i love how they say you can't look back at previous rulings of "athletics" and use it to explain why they are wrong in their current decision.

Apparently the patent office said this as reason for denying it... WTH?

"the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office citing it as geographically descriptive,"

I frankly don't get it. Almost every damn pro team has a city in the name.
The A's havent' given up on the name yet. They are working the system.

 

[KVB]

the names were deemed too geographically descriptive and generic, lacking distinctiveness for a team not yet operating in Las Vegas.

But the Oakland athletics are OK? This doesn’t make any sense.

Apparently the patent office said this as reason for denying it... WTH?

"the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office citing it as geographically descriptive,"

I frankly don't get it. Almost every damn pro team has a city in the name.
The A's havent' given up on the name yet. They are working the system.

I feel like you guys didn't read this part...

"...lacking distinctiveness for a team not yet operating in Las Vegas."

 

[Archie]

The other issue is that the word they're focusing on here, Athletics, is a common word that is used in other contexts. Las Vegas Athletics could be an intramural basketball league for adults. That seems to be the problem the franchise is running into here

They also note that the A's could look to excerpts from the websites of "Snoga Athletics, Crowned Athletics, BSN Sports, Grind Athletics, and MLB Shop that shows that the wording ATHLETICS is used to refer to the type of clothing worn while performing sports activities."

 

[209life]

Just do A's instead of athletics.

 

[aikman.tr]

Sin City Athletics....nuff said. Patent the fucker.

 

[MinnesotaFats]

This. It's just too broad of a term. It'd be like the "Minnesota Gentlemen" or "Oakland Felons". Just too broad and descriptive.

The other issue is that the word they're focusing on here, Athletics, is a common word that is used in other contexts. Las Vegas Athletics could be an intramural basketball league for adults. That seems to be the problem the franchise is running into here

They also note that the A's could look to excerpts from the websites of "Snoga Athletics, Crowned Athletics, BSN Sports, Grind Athletics, and MLB Shop that shows that the wording ATHLETICS is used to refer to the type of clothing worn while performing sports activities."

 

[MinnesotaFats]

Connie Mack....there's and unbreakable record.

 

[Tanko]

Sin City Athletics....nuff said. Patent the fucker.

 

[BobbyFK]

Sin City Athletics....nuff said. Patent the fucker.

I think we have a winner here!

 

[jjgold]

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