A minor league baseball team in Montana, the Glacier Range Riders, is currently embroiled in a trademark dispute with the U.S. Department of Interior over the use of an arrowhead logo. The team, which is a member of a Major League Baseball partner league, introduced several logos for the 2022 season, including a mountain goat with a park ranger hat, a bear in a red bus reminiscent of Glacier National Park tour buses, and an arrowhead featuring the letters 'RR'.
The Interior Department has raised objections specifically to the arrowhead logo, claiming it could create confusion with the National Park Service's logo. Despite the team's argument that there is no basis for such confusion, the Patent and Trademark Office rejected their claims. Subsequently, the Interior Department filed a formal opposition last June, leading to an ongoing legal battle that the team anticipates will be costly to defend.
