The NBA has filed for 4 trademarks ( sucks to be on New Orleans)

Posted by: Eric Ostler on December 18th, 2012

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The NBA has filed trademarks for the New Orleans Pelicans, amongst four other potential nicknames on behalf of the New Orleans Hornets NBA Limited Partnership.

The Rougarou, Mosquitos, Swamp Dogs and Bullsharks are the other nicknames that have been filed for trademark.

A swamp dog is a Cajun nickname for an alligator, while Rougarou refers to a beast from Louisiana folklore.

New Orleans will likely adopt a red, blue and gold color scheme.

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5 Responses

1. Nick Knows All says:

   December 19, 2012 at 12:21 am

   The mosquitos?! Are yo !@#$% serious?! The Swamp Dogs?! Surely that’s a joke! SWAMP DOGS?! May as well be the New Orlean Mellon Farmers! Ridiculous!
2. KCJones says:

   December 19, 2012 at 4:47 am

   They just filed those others to make ‘Pelicans’ sound better. Lol
3. L.K.Anderson says:

   December 19, 2012 at 8:15 am

   Are you sure you spelled bullsharks right??
4. Jason Crannell says:

   December 19, 2012 at 10:24 am

   What in the name of all that is decent is a Rougarou?
5. Eric Ostler says:

   December 19, 2012 at 3:33 pm

   i just coppied and pasted the article over i didnt type any of it…

   and a Rougarou (alternately spelled as Roux-Ga-Roux, Rugaroo, or Rugaru), is a legendary creature in Laurentian French communities linked to European notions of the werewolf

   good old wikipiedia