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In Reply to: Apparently someone has purchased rights to posted by John_the_Scot on July 13, 2020 at 14:32:43:
The US doesn't have a simple "first-to-file" trademark system like many countries do. Our system is use-based. A trademark has to be commercialized and kept in use. This guy put up basic static webpages with links to his books on Amazon. I doubt he can show any evidence that they are functioning "advertising" sites that are generating revenue for him. It's also going to be easy for the team to show that he registered the marks in bad faith. The team will win.
However, the team may decide to do a deal with him anyway just to expedite resolution of the matter. That's what he's hoping for. Alternatively, I suppose the team could start using whatever name they want, for everything except the team website. They could use a temporary domain name, while disputing the rights to the one they want. The guy could try to sue them for infringement, but then he'd be spending money on a lawyer to pursue a case he couldn't win.
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- That's classic trademark squatting, he'll lose - Dave_K 07/13/2016:06:53 07/13/20 (0)