Fakename70 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 5 hours ago, Creepy Crawler said: LOL if true. I'm reading the same thing at TSN, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fakename70 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 If not for the league apparently putting its foot down regarding any perceived gambling references, Black Aces would've been perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fakename70 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 2 hours ago, wallstreetamigo said: Cant say I disagree. Our Orca logo is one of the worst in the NHL It's certainly one of if not thee most cartoonish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallstreetamigo Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 21 minutes ago, Fakename70 said: It's certainly one of if not thee most cartoonish. And one of the most irrelevent to hockey. I love the blue and green colors though. Pretty unique and really sharp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallstreetamigo Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 On November 23, 2016 at 9:51 PM, nux4lyfe said: Las Vegas Trojan Condoms Las Vegas Stacked Odds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neko Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Could've gone with Black Knights and be done with it, they can still change it to Black Knights and keep the colors and logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cripplereh Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 12 hours ago, ForsbergTheGreat said: It does actually, they own the trademark for Canada and weren't about to sell it.. “The London Knights own the name in Canada and to acquire the name from London is not economically feasible,” Foley said. “In the U.S., ‘Knights’ are fine. But we can’t use it in Canada.” http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/las-vegas-nhl-name-search-complicated-london-knights/ then that makes no sense as they are from the US and can use it there so why not in both???If it was me I would use it anyways! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForsbergTheGreat Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Just now, cripplereh said: then that makes no sense as they are from the US and can use it there so why not in both???If it was me I would use it anyways! They were allowed to use it in the US, but then when they came up to Canada to play, they wouldn't be allowed to be called the Knights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
189lb enforcers? Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Although I will never be caught in a cess pool like Las Vegas, one giant parasitic organism, I like the revealing name of Golden Knights (nights) because it captures the mislead imagination of what is considered to be, having-a-good-time, in Vegas. Clever, though the sheep are not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRick Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Vegas Golden Knights trademark denied by U.S. government http://www.tsn.ca/vegas-golden-knights-trademark-denied-by-u-s-government-1.626523 Quote Two weeks after revealing their name and logo with a party marred by a technical malfunction, the Vegas Golden Knights hit another roadblock on Wednesday. A trademark request filed by the NHL on behalf of the Golden Knights was denied by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The reason for denial issued in the 164-page document was “likelihood of confusion” with the NCAA’s College of St. Rose Golden Knights. It is unclear at the moment what exactly this denial means for the franchise. Requests for comment from the NHL after normal business hours on Wednesday night were not immediately returned. The NHL’s 31st franchise has until June 7, 2017 to respond and provide evidence as to why the government’s refusal should be withdrawn. In a statement issued to Sports Illustrated on Wednesday night, the team said it intends to do just that. It is possible the franchise works out an agreement with College of St. Rose to allow for approval. “Office actions like this are not at all unusual, and we will proceed with the help of outside counsel in preparing a response to this one,” the statement read. “There are countless examples of college sports teams with coexisting names, including Vegas Golden Knights and Clarkson Golden Knights, UCLA Bruins and Boston Bruins, U. of Miami Hurricanes and Carolina Hurricanes, etc. We will plan on making these arguments and others in our detailed written response to the office action which must be filed by June 7, 2017.” This latest blow comes just one week after the U.S. Army said it was “reviewing” its options to potentially contest the name, since the Army’s elite parachute team has been dubbed the Golden Knights since 1962. Those Golden Knights have set more than 350 world records and performed more than 16,000 shows around the world. “We wanted to have the Golden Knights drop in for the ceremony, but it got kind of complicated,” owner Bill Foley told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Foley admitted that his franchise received permission from the Clarkson University Golden Knights to use the name, but they apparently forgot to seek the same from the Army and the small NCAA Div. II school College of St. Rose, which is based in Albany, N.Y. When asked about the Army potentially contesting the name, NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said on Nov. 29 that the league was “very comfortable” in the legal preparation work prior to the announcement, and that the name will “neither cause confusion in the marketplace nor run into significant legal entanglements.” Foley originally intended to use the name Black Knights, but received pushback from his alma mater, the United States Military Academy, because that is the nickname used by the academy’s sports teams. He also explored simply using Knights, but the OHL’s London Knights hold that trademark in Canada. So, NHL Enterprises filed applications to trademark Golden Knights, Silver Knights and Desert Knights with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on Aug. 23, 2016. The Golden Knights name and logo was revealed with glitz and glitter on Nov. 22, their knight’s helmet adorned by a ‘V’ in the centre instantly appearing on marquees along the famous Vegas Strip. The team claimed to sell more than $500,000 worth of merchandise in the hours and days following. The Golden Knights went ahead with their party despite not receiving full approval from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Their application was accepted only for “meeting the minimum filing requirements” in August, but it had not yet been assigned for review by a trademark examiner at the time of the reveal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicky Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 And so it begins... Arizona 2.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 On 2016-11-29 at 5:40 PM, wallstreetamigo said: And one of the most irrelevent to hockey. I love the blue and green colors though. Pretty unique and really sharp What about Flames? They could have changed the name when they moved from Atlanta. Thrashers was bad. As is California Golden Seals. Kansas City Scouts even though it's a great statue, is a horrible jersey. Philadelphia Quakers ( The religious folks, not the oatmeal). Montreal Maroons? The logo is cartoonish. A proper native artwork would have been better. It does represent the West Coast however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Building Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inane Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 lol what a train wreck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 LOL - you'd think they would have checked that before even considering that name! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 They once sold a franchise to a con artist with a fax machine. This shouldn't surprise anyone. Bettman is the worst commissioner in N. American sports period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-PatLostInEdm Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 7 hours ago, Green Building said: That last paragraph smacks of arrogance. Infringement is a "routine matter" and we're just gonna keep doing it? I can't believe a lawyer wrote this. I don't think Daly remembers who he's dealing with. These guys made the World Wrestling Federation change a far more established brand name because an environmental group (World Wildlife Fund) complained about the WWF abbreviation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on the cycle Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 #TakeSbisaPlease #LeaveGranlundAlone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butters Stoch Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Silver Knights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Building Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 7 hours ago, X-PatLostInEdm said: That last paragraph smacks of arrogance. Infringement is a "routine matter" and we're just gonna keep doing it? I can't believe a lawyer wrote this. I don't think Daly remembers who he's dealing with. These guys made the World Wrestling Federation change a far more established brand name because an environmental group (World Wildlife Fund) complained about the WWF abbreviation. Doesn't it though? I don't know how this will all play out, but it reads like "We're the NHL and we're going to strongarm our way through this nuisance copyright issue in a flash, see you in June". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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