Burning River Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 While in TESS I was looking for a file regarding the new Cleveland AHL Team. I noticed on March 8, 2006 both the NAPS and the BLUES were filed by the Indians.(APPLICANT) Cleveland Indians Baseball Company Limited Partnership Cleveland Indians Baseball Company, Inc., an Ohio corporation LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OHIO 2401 Ontario Street Cleveland OHIO 44115I have seen where T-shirt manufacturers or other companies get permission to use the old likeness for "Retro Merchandising". Is it me... or is it Odd that the Indians re-filed these names? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infrared41 Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 The Indians probably filed those names for jersey and merchandise purposes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sec19Row53 Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Would they do something like this if they were planning a couple of throwback games next year? It's where I sit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheo25 Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Maybe. But it's likely they registered the names to make sure any old person or company can't produce the retro merchandise without the Indians or MLB getting a piece of the pie. I would bet that goes for any franchise with old names (such as Astros with Colt 45s, etc.). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 I think that's it.There was some flap a while back with a company selling knockoff "New York Titans" t-shirts, complete with graphic of solid nevy blue helmet. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cianfrocco Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Don't call me an expert, but I am taking an Intellectual Property class in law school right now. As far as I understand, when registering a trademark, you have to do so with a good faith effort of actually using it for commercial purposes in the near future. This is to prevent people from registering things like "clevelandindiansbaseball.com," then forcing the Indians into paying them for the right to use it. So they can't really just register the new names to stock up on any possible ideas and prevent others from using them. Of course, "good faith" could be them just saying they looked into changing, did one focus group survey and decided not to use any of them. I'm not really sure how that would play out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowahoo Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Good points on the good faith thing, but I think that the Cleveland professional baseball club, currently d.b.a. the Indians, has rights to names that they were previously doing business as. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krona Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 It wouldnt suprise me if they were looking down the road to changing under pressure from the ever growing groups fighting indian nicknames. the NCAA ruling is the tip of the iceberg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 The Cleveland Indians should never change. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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