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    SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — The U.S. Trademark Office is rejecting the A’s request to trademark the “Sacramento Athletics” name. The team was also denied “Las Vegas Athletics” and “Vegas Athletics,” making their bid to sell their new identities a little more difficult.
Newly revealed documents show the U.S. Trademark Office rejected their request to trademark the name “Sacramento Athletics,” with an examining attorney ruling the request has “unacceptable wording” and is “generic for some goods.”
In a separate filing, the shortened “Sacramento A’s” trademark was approved.
“I was thinking this examiner was an Oakland Athletics fan,” trademark attorney Craig Simmermon said.
Simmermon is a trademark attorney who calls the trademark loss a bad break.
The U.S. Trademark Office is rejecting the A’s request to trademark the “Sacramento Athletics” name. The team was also denied “Las Vegas Athletics” and “Vegas Athletics,” making their bid to sell their new identities a little more difficult.
Newly revealed documents show the U.S. Trademark Office rejected their request to trademark the name “Sacramento Athletics,” with an examining attorney ruling the request has “unacceptable wording” and is “generic for some goods.”
In a separate filing, the shortened “Sacramento A’s” trademark was approved.
“I was thinking this examiner was an Oakland Athletics fan,” trademark attorney Craig Simmermon said.
Simmermon is a trademark attorney who calls the trademark loss a bad break.
“In the trademark game, the federal registration is everything in court, you can’t even get into federal court without it,” Simmermon said.
The A’s can file an appeal.
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