University of Kentucky tries to stop state’s ‘Team Kentucky’ slogan

The University of Kentucky is trying to stop the state from trademarking the phrase “Team Kentucky”.

Yes, you read that correctly.

The state’s flagship university filed a notice of opposition Friday with a board in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to stop the commonwealth from trademarking the phrase, arguing that it would “likely … cause confusion” with the university’s Kentucky athletic clothing trademark, registered in 1997.

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