A Parma, Ohio-based co-ed, amateur roller derby team has used the Cleveland Guardians name since 2013. After the Major League Baseball team previously known as the Indians announced plans to take on the name, Hunton Andrews Kurth litigators in Boston and D.C. filed a trademark suit Wednesday on behalf of the roller derby team.
October 28, 2021 at 07:30 AM
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Cleveland’s Major League Baseball team, long known as the Indians, has been hit with a trademark lawsuit over its plans to change its name to the Cleveland Guardians in the upcoming season.
A non-profit, amateur co-ed roller derby team based in Parma, Ohio, just south of the city, filed suit in federal court Wednesday claiming that it has used the “Cleveland Guardians” name since 2013 and that it holds a common law trademark to the name.
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Cleveland Guardians roller derby team and Cleveland Indians Baseball team logos. Photo from court documents/twitter
