The Chicago Cubs are one of two Major League Baseball teams butting heads with a startup over whether the company's "W" logo is too much like the trademarked "W" from the team's "win" flag.

WalletHub, a website run by Washington, D.C.-based Evolution Finance that allows people to compare options for credit cards, loans and other financial products and services, went public today with details of a two-year negotiation with MLB before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office over use of the letter in its logo.

Evolution Finance applied for a trademark to its W, which is white with a green background, in February 2012. That action prompted opposition from MLB on behalf of the Cubs and the Washington Nationals, which said it could be mistaken for trademarks that either team has on the style of such a W. In the Cubs' case, the league points to the blue W on a white background, an image the team has trademarked for commercial use. The Cubs raise a flag with the logo after wins and even used it as the centerpiece of their marketing campaign in 2010 with the tagline "It's a Way of Life."

But after two years of trying to hammer out guidelines on how and when WalletHub may be allowed to use its logo, the company's CEO today called out the teams for being "bullies" in a post on the company's website.

"Aside from the fact that none of their marks look anything like the WalletHub logo (and very few people would associate the Cubs with W's these days), they're also registered for clothing and flags while WalletHub's logo is for financial services," WalletHub CEO Odysseas Papadimitriou wrote in a blog post on his company's website. "I suppose this type of frivolous corporate bullying is simply what you have to endure as a growing startup these days."

Considering this trademark is in use much more often, maybe they should sue these guys first:

Considering this trademark is in use much more often, maybe they should sue these guys first:

It's funny how the Cubs were less of a ruthless corporation when actually owned by a ruthless corporation.

Overall (10511-10065 W-L, 1876 - 2014)

BIBGO!

That action prompted opposition from MLB on behalf of the Cubs and the Washington Nationals, which said it could be mistaken for trademarks that either team has on the style of such a W.

Can you provide the record since 1937 when they began flying those flags?

Yea, from the article the Cubs didn't initiate this lawsuit.



The Cubs have been dicks but this one is a REACH.

:lol: It's funny how the Cubs were less of a ruthless corporation when actually owned by a ruthless corporation.

The judge will throw this case out by saying "Both in MLB, and outside of MLB, the Cubs are not associated with the letter W".

Try and open a Real Estate company with the name CENTURY in it or a Company that has a signed with Red, white and blue on the front and see how that works out for you.

Not nearly as quickly

Im sure you'll tell me

The point being that, looking at these numbers, you see that the Cubs are probably affected by day baseball with such a poor record of success at home.

If day baseball is so terrible for the Cubs, why is it so much better for the opposing teams who aren't used to playing it?

Few more years of THE PLAN and they'll be under .500!

Can you provide the record since 1937 when they began flying those flags?

W 5,821
L 6,466

W 5,821
L 6,466

You're shocked by this?

What did you think it was going to be?


They were just over .500 including their dominant run from 1880-1910.

If it was an app in a different space then you'd probably be fine.

That is why this is just embarrassing for MLB and the Cubs and the Nationals. They can't honestly believe they somehow own the letter W.

:lol: It's funny how the Cubs were less of a ruthless corporation when actually owned by a ruthless corporation.

The judge will throw this case out by saying "Both in MLB, and outside of MLB, the Cubs are not associated with the letter W".