Lurker4 wrote:
More amateur hour thoughts, assuming "Malibu Triathlon" is the trademarked name SLT bought or even the common law trademark they operated under they can certainly claim some damages if Epstein operates under that name. That doesn't give them access to the venue, and most likely, at best they won't even get damages just an agreement to not call the new thing Malibu Triathlon.So I went to the U.S. Patent Office (using my fingers and an internet link) and made a very interesting discovery.
Ryan, you want to take a look at this too.
The Malibu Triathlon is a protected trademark of Malibu Triathlon Productions, LLC. The application was filed August 26, 2022 and registration was granted October 10, 2023.
My immediate thought: "this is probably how Super League named their U.S. subsidiary".
Well, no. It's a subsidiary of USA Sports and Entertainment, doing business as Motiv Sports. Super League acquired the event as Super League Holdings PTE LTD based in Singapore.
So a year after transferring its agreement with the Malibu municipality to Super League, Motiv Sports files to register in its own name the trademark Malibu Triathlon, and obtains the registration.
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