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.

 

[namttebih]

Salt Lake Smiths

 

[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.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

The Utah Fightin' Polygamists

 

[goonybird]

The Utah Boardgame Nights

 

[StlBigFly]

Well I guess super soakers is out too then

 

[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.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

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

 

[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

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

Because when I think of hockey, I think of a cooler that requires a reverse mortgage to generate the funds required to afford said cooler.

Damn dude. You're very poor.

 

[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.