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Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout
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I remember back before the Raptors had finalized their name, the team released a list of names for a fan vote. Someone tried to do the same thing and filed trademarks for all of the names that had been announced.
From what I remember, when the person sued to prevent the team from using the Raptors as their name (or force them to pay him off and buy the trademark), the courts threw it out because the person had no ability to actually use the trademark because he didn't own a professional basketball team in Toronto.
I suspect the same thing would happen here.