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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