Utah Hockey Club trademark applications denied in search for permanent name (mod warning post 48)

[daver]

If it wasn't Yeti Coolers, it would have been the actual Yeti claiming likeness rights.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

They can’t. Patent office denied it due to a high likelihood of confusion with the the Blizzard desserts from Dairy Queen.

This made me laugh

 

[John Mandalorian]

just go with the Nomads and call it a day. That’s kind of what they are.

 

[cowboy82nd]

I still contend that if we wiped our memories, we'd think >50% of current team names are dumb if they came up for an expansion team today.

If they named themselves the Utah Cold, everybody here would go ballistic, but absolutely nobody bats an eye at the Miami Heat. Utah Blizzard(s) would be called a WNHL name, when it's no different than the Hurricanes or Lightning.

Yeti would be fine. Outlaws would be fine. Pretty much anything would end up fine.

Have you ever lived in Miami? The Heat is an appropriate name.

 

[SI90]

Same thing happened to Vegas Black Knights.

 

[PenguinSuitedUp]

Dude, you’re a Pens fan.

We have Penguins in Pittsburgh. At the zoo.

Same thing happened to Vegas Black Knights.

Utah Gold Yetis just doesn’t have the same ring to it.

 

[Fight4yourRight]

You’d think they could come up with something more local than Yetis.

like the Pittsburgh Penguins?

 

[The411]

Utah Big Band, Utah Bossanova, Utah Saints … oh wait.

 

[goonybird]

The Utah Boardgame Nights

 

[PhysicalGraffiti]

They left the desert and Coyotes, time to adapt to the snow and mountains and use Wolves.

Great transition.

 

[VaporTrail]

Eventually there will be a documentary of the story and the drama of how Utah took years to come up with their hockey name.

 

[JMCx4]

Utah HC simply neglected to include a crisp $10 bill with their mail-in application to the USPTO. They won't make that mistake next time.

 

[Slimmy]

I hope they can appeal and get it done. Utah yetis is the right choice.

 

[Voight]

Agreed.

IMHO Utah is the 'BeeHive State'...Run with that...Call them the 'Utah Hive'...'Utah Sting'...'Utah Bees'...etc

I mean - it's on their state flag even...

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Utah Sting is actually a pretty decent name. They may even be able to squeeze a celebrity endorsement out of The Icon himself

 

[BB79]

Ok forget "Utah" for a minute..

Salt Lake Salt Licks
Ogden Oglers
Provo Provolone

Utah Sting is actually a pretty decent name. They may even be able to squeeze a celebrity endorsement out of The Icon himself

 

[SI90]

We have Penguins in Pittsburgh. At the zoo.


Utah Gold Yetis just doesn’t have the same ring to it.

They better bite the bullet and scrap the name and theme of Yeti. Not sure how much money was spent already but Yeti itself is already a tough sell, nothing like the Utah (Blank) Yeti(s) will sound awful.

They could give a middle finger to the Yeti company and become the Utah Coolers lol

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Have you ever lived in Miami? The Heat is an appropriate name.

Still stands. The Minnesota Cold would get absolutely torched if it happened today.

 

[Primary Assist]

Just double down at this point and name them the Utah Coolers

 

[BB79]

Still stands. The Minnesota Cold would get absolutely torched if it happened today.

"Heat" kind of has a double meaning though, as in they "bring the heat". I guess cold could too, if you want opponents to fear frostbite or catching a cold

 

[MoneyManny]

Maybe Utah should come up with a less stupid name. I mean just go with Raptors. The Utahraptor was the largest raptor species that we know of. It's right there.

The NBA would like a word.

 

[Voight]

I'm not even sold on the name Yeti, but I think this is so stupid

Who's going to "confuse" a professional sports team with a cooler?

Nobody goes to a Denver Nuggets game and gets confused that it's not a McDonald's convention.
No one is struggling to differentiate the LA Galaxy from a Samsung Galaxy.

Hell, we have Jets-Jets, Rangers-Rangers, Kings-Kings, Panthers-Panthers, Giants-Giants, and Cardinals-Cardinals and we seem to get by fine




They cover completely different markets.

The funny part is those those two dual name teams played in the same city as their counterparts for decades. You had the NY Giants (Baseball) and NY Giants (Football) for years and then the St Louis Cardinals (NFL) and St Louis Cardinals (MLB) for many years as well. In both cases, the baseball team superseded the football.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

"Heat" kind of has a double meaning though, as in they "bring the heat". I guess cold could too, if you want opponents to fear frostbite or catching a cold

That's seems extremely forced.

 

[BB79]

That's seems extremely forced.

Well, it beats Miami Manatees, Geckos or Flamingos I guess

 

[Voight]

They can’t. Patent office denied it due to a high likelihood of confusion with the the Blizzard desserts from Dairy Queen.

This is hilarious. Who's going to confuse a hockey team with a dessert. This maybe would have made some sense if the team was owned by a competitor like Basking Robbins, McDonalds or Burger King, but they aren't.

 

[Ratsreign]

Have you ever lived in Miami? The Heat is an appropriate name.

They really should be called The Humidity