Two Soccer Clubs Fight It Out in Trademark Dispute

By Deborah Greaves, Michael Rueda, and Paolo Macchi, of Withersworldwide Major League Soccer, LLC (“MLS”) has met a formidable foe on an unexpected playing field, that of the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”).  This match arises out of a trademark dispute between Italian Serie A football club Inter Milano and an MLS club, Inter Miami (co-founded by world famous soccer player David Beckham), over registration of the trademark “INTER.” In 2014, F.C. Internaziona