The Cleveland Guardians roller derby team’s trademark lawsuit against the city’s Major League Baseball club ratchets up legal and public relations pressure in the fight over who owns the rights to the Guardians moniker.
Guardians Roller Derby LLC alleged in its Oct. 27 complaint that the former Cleveland Indians “lied” on a July trademark application by claiming no one else had rights to “Cleveland Guardians.”
After the MLB team inquired about the name the previous month, the roller derby team told the team it could buy the rights, but promptly rejected a lowball offer, it alleged in its complaint in ...
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