, The Washington Post; He stockpiled Washington NFL trademarks for years. Now he faces backlash online.
"Trademark
attorneys have said any registered or pending trademarked team names
would be ripe for challenge. Trademark holders must be able to show that
they have been using the name in a legitimate commercial manner. While
McCaulay has sold merchandise featuring some of his team names online,
he acknowledged in a tweet that his trademarks would be “worthless to me because selling 10 shirts in 6 years is a weak defense.”
“This
is an expensive hobby for him,” Heitner said. “He’s not intending to be
a troll. He’s not intending to cause harm to the organization. And to
the extent the organization wants to utilize any of the names he’s
applied for, he wants to open the door to those communications.”"
