The Vegas Golden Knights Suffer Their First Defeat

By Joseph G. Vernon, of Miller Canfield PLC   Just a few weeks after revealing its name, logo, and color scheme amidst confetti cannons on the Las Vegas Strip, the Vegas Golden Knights, the National Hockey League’s newest expansion franchise, suffered its first defeat—this one off the ice—at the hands of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”).   On Dec. 7, 2016, the PTO issued an Office action in which it rejected the Golden Knights’ application to register “VEGAS G