In a statement provided to the Deseret News via email Wednesday, Mammoth Hockey responded to the Utah Mammoth’s U.S. District Court filing , which calls for a decision on the NHL team’s use of the “Mammoth” name.

“Mammoth Hockey intends to vigorously defend the litigation recently commenced against it by Utah Mammoth of the National Hockey League and protect its longstanding trademark used in connection with the hockey goods it has manufactured and sold for the past 10 years,” said Erik Olson, co-founder of Mammoth Hockey.

According to the suit, which was initiated by lawyers representing Smith Entertainment Group, Mammoth Hockey, a hockey bag manufacturer based out of Oregon, sent the Utah Mammoth a cease-and-desist letter for the use of the name, arguing that potential customers wo

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